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Pete Hegseth has come under fire and was questioned by the Senate and House after U.S. forces carried out a second strike following an initial September attack that left two survivors; a 29-second Pentagon video released so far does not show the follow-up and Hegseth says he will not release the full, unedited top-secret footage to the public.Lawmakers pressed Hegseth and Marco Rubio about a maritime campaign that U.S. officials say has destroyed more than 20 suspected smuggling boats and killed at least 95 people, while Admiral Frank Bradley has defended ordering the follow-up strike and lawyers and former officers warned the attack on people clinging to wreckage could amount to a war crime.The campaign mixes interdictions, seizures and lethal force and has involved the U.S. Coast Guard; crews aboard Cutter Active offloaded more than 27,000 pounds of cocaine after a separate interdiction by Cutter Munro disabled a vessel carrying more than 20,000 pounds, U.S. forces seized the Venezuelan tanker Skipper, and some lawmakers are preparing war powers measures and subpoenas as scrutiny intensifies.
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