"Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) raised concerns about Congress being left in the dark on the strategy. He has asked the Foreign Relations Committee to hold oversight hearings and believed they would, he said during an Axios Future of Defense event on Wednesday. "We need to learn more," said Young, who sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been the most outspoken GOP critic of the strikes, repeatedly and publicly slamming the moves. He sits on the Foreign Relations Committee."
""Obviously, there's a threat to American lives through all the drugs that are coming into the country and and I think they have very good intelligence when it comes to the strikes that they've initiated," Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told Axios in an interview last week. "So my sense was that, once hearing the explanation, I didn't think that anybody had any particular reservations," he added."
Sen. Risch said he had been briefed and felt comfortable with current actions. The U.S. has struck nine vessels, killing more than 30 people whose identities remain unknown. The President authorized CIA operations in Venezuela. Sen. Todd Young requested Foreign Relations Committee oversight hearings and called for more information, citing concerns about Congress being kept in the dark. Sen. Rand Paul has publicly criticized the strikes. Senate Republicans heard from Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a closed-door lunch, and Sen. John Thune said intelligence justified the strikes while warning an extended campaign could run into the War Powers Act, which authorizes Congress to declare war.
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