Hegseth boat strike fallout, war crime allegations
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Lawmakers said in both parties said they were reviewing the Trump administration's attacks on alleged drug smuggling boats.
The White House has scrambled in recent days to respond to reporting that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an elite military unit to kill everyone on board an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in early September, leading the commander to send a second strike that killed survivors from the first attack.
Several experts tell TIME that Pete Hegseth may committed a war crime if he ordered commanders to leave no survivors.
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Lawmakers from both parties have launched congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs