Hegseth jokes about boat strikes
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A former military judge on the Trump Administration’s contradictory—and likely unlawful—justifications for its Caribbean bombing campaign.
The Washington Post last week reported that Hegseth ordered a U.S. strike force to kill everyone on board one vessel in September. When two survivors were seen in the wreckage, commanders launched a second “double tap” strike to kill them.
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Sen. Kelly slams Trump, calls for investigation into Caribbean strikes and for Hegseth to testify
Kelly slammed Hegseth, calling him "unqualified for this position" and saying Hegseth should testify concerning the boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea where two survivors were allegedly killed after a second strike was authorized on a boat suspected of ferrying drugs in September.
Even Republicans are calling for an investigation.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered there be no survivors in a strike on an alleged drug boat, according to a damning report from The Washington Post.
Watch out! The Department of War's latest target is all of our childhoods ... Pete Hegseth turned beloved children's book character Franklin the Turtle into a bloodthirsty killing machine in an A.I.-generated pic posted Sunday.
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War Sec. Pete Hegseth shares meme of children's book character firing on narco terrorist drug boat
War Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a meme of children's book character Franklin appearing to launch an RPG at a narco-terrorist drug boat
With claims flying that Pete Hegseth’s orders might have led to the commission of war crimes, President Trump sounded like he was putting some distance between himself and his defense secretary.