"Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, who backs President Donald Trump 's campaign against suspected drug smugglers, is partially aligning himself with Trump and top Democrats in favor of releasing the video of the Sept. 2 attack. It was the first in what has become a monthslong series of American strikes on vessels near Venezuela that the administration says were ferrying drugs. At least 87 people have been killed in 22 known strikes."
""I think it's really important that this video be made public. It's not lost on anyone, of course, that the interpretation of the video ... broke down precisely on party lines," said Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. He said he has spent "years looking at videos of lethal action taken, often in the terrorism context, and this video was profoundly shaking.""
A U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean killed two survivors of an initial attack. Sen. Tom Cotton characterized the video of that strike as showing "nothing remarkable" and would not oppose its public release if the Pentagon declassifies it. Cotton aligns partially with President Trump and some Democrats in favor of releasing the Sept. 2 video. The Sept. 2 strike began a monthslong series of U.S. strikes on vessels near Venezuela, with at least 87 people killed in 22 known strikes. Cotton split with Democrats over whether a follow-on strike that killed the two survivors was lawful. Rep. Jim Himes described the video as profoundly shaking and said interpretations broke down on party lines. President Trump said he would release whatever footage exists.
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