"Hegseth on X dismissed the reporting as "fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory." CNN also reported on the alleged order Saturday. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) dismissed the reporting as anonymous and unproven on CNN's State of the Union. "I don't know if I believe that at all," he said. Mullin said the Navy and Coast Guard have rescued and returned survivors from other strikes. President Trump is "protecting the Unites States by being proactive," Mullin said."
""I don't think [Hegseth] would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'Kill everybody. Kill the survivors.' Because that's a clear violation of the law of war," Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a retired Air Force general, said on ABC's This Week. "I'm very suspicious that he would have done something like that because it would go against common sense." "If the facts go where the Washington Post article takes it, well then we'll have to go from there. If it was as if the article said, that is a violation of the article of war," Bacon said."
An alleged September order instructed a second strike to kill survivors of a boat hit off the coast of Venezuela. The accused denied the claims on X, calling them fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory. CNN also reported the alleged order. Senator Markwayne Mullin called the claims anonymous and unproven and noted Navy and Coast Guard rescue practices while praising proactive protection. Representative Don Bacon said such an order would violate the law of war and seemed unlikely but cautioned that confirmed facts would require action. Congressional leaders vowed bipartisan oversight and sought a full accounting; a regional admiral later stepped down.
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