"Number one, I don't know that that happened, Trump said when asked by a reporter for his comment on the report. And Pete said he did not want them he didn't even know what people were talking about. So, we'll look at, we'll look into it, Trump added, continuing: But no, I wouldn't have wanted that, not a second strike."
"The first strike was very lethal, it was fine, and if there were two people around. But Pete said that didn't happen. I have great confidence in him. Do you think there was no second strike? followed up the reporter. I don't know, I am going to find about it, Trump replied, adding, But Pete said he did not order the death of those two men."
"This committee is committed to providing rigorous oversight of the Department of Defense's military operations in the Caribbean. We take seriously the reports of follow-on strikes on boats alleged to be ferrying narcotics in the SOUTHCOM region and are taking bipartisan action to gather a full accounting of the operation in question, said House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) in a statement on Saturday."
President Donald Trump expressed confidence in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth while questioning whether a reported follow-up strike on an alleged drug-running boat occurred. Trump said he did not know that a second strike happened and relayed Hegseth's denial of ordering such an action. Republican leaders of both House and Senate Armed Services Committees announced investigations and sought a full accounting of the operation in the SOUTHCOM region. Hegseth posted a mock children's book cover appearing to glorify orders to kill alleged drug runners. Former Republican congressman Justin Amash replied to the post, writing, "There's nothing Christian about war crimes."
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