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White House Defends Hegseth, Confirms Second Boat Strike
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0:30Now PlayingThe White House defended the Pentagon's handling of a September attack on an alleged drug-running boat and denied that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had given an order to kill everyone on the vessel.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the order for the second strike came from US Navy Admiral Frank Bradley and that the actions were lawful amid a deadly domestic opioid crisis in the US.
The administration has accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of heading a drug-trafficking organization and the US military has amassed forces in the region, fueling speculation that President Donald Trump would order a broader attack on the Venezuelan mainland.
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