Pete Hegseth says he ‘didn’t stick around’ for follow-up strike on Venezuelan boat | ABC NEWS
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending a follow-up strike on a Venezuelan boat on September 2 which killed 11 people, citing the ‘fog of war’. Hegseth says he didn’t stick around for the second strike on the boat and said that the admiral in charge had “made the right call” in ordering it. The second strike on the boat reportedly killed two survivors who were clinging to the wreckage, according to a Washington Post investigation.
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