"President Donald Trump is set to gather his top national security officials in the Oval Office on Monday evening for a closed-door next steps discussion on Venezuela. Sources familiar with the matter told CNN that senior figures including Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller are expected at the 5 p.m. (ET) session."
"According to reporting in the Washington Post, Hegseth allegedly issued a verbal order to kill everybody on board the suspected narco-terrorist vessel, one in a series of more than a dozen U.S. strikes that have killed over 80 people in three months. Trump, however, dismissed the allegations when questioned aboard Air Force One on Sunday. He said he did not say that, and I believe him 100 percent, the president insisted. I wouldn't have wanted that, not a second strike."
President Donald Trump convened top national security officials in the Oval Office for a closed-door discussion on Venezuela, with senior figures expected to attend a 5 p.m. session. The administration has escalated its regional posture with strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean. The president issued an online directive warning airlines, pilots and criminal networks to avoid Venezuelan airspace. Lawmakers have opened parallel House and Senate inquiries into an alleged September 2 double-tap strike on a Venezuelan vessel. Allegations arose that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered killing everyone aboard a suspected narco-terrorist vessel amid a series of U.S. strikes that have killed over 80 people in three months. Hegseth maintains the operations were lawful; the president dismissed the allegation.
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