Lawmakers on Thursday said the Trump administration’s strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean may have violated the War Powers Resolution and the Law of Armed Conflict .

Democratic senators and one independent member aired their concerns during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to confirm the would-be head of the Pentagon’s counterterror policy office , a key organization in operations against drug cartels now designated international terrorist groups .

Derrick Anderson , nominated to be the next assistant defense secretary for special operations/low-intensity conflict, demurred when asked whether he would question the legality of a strike on suspected traffickers in international waters, repeating that he had not been involved in previous decision-m

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