WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said on Friday they had asked President Donald Trump's administration for the legal rationale and other information about operations against drug cartels but had not yet received the information.

U.S. strikes on alleged drug trafficking boats have killed dozens of people in the Caribbean and Pacific since early September, raising tensions between Washington and Caracas.

In a rare bipartisan action related to the strikes, Republican Senator Roger Wicker and Democrat Jack Reed said in a statement that they had not received information requested from the administration about its strategy to fight drug cartels.

Wicker, of Mississippi, is the chairman and Reed, of Rhode Island, is

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