Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that U.S. operations in the Caribbean are “lawful” after The Washington Post reported that he ordered military officials to leave "no survivors" during a strike on an alleged drug boat in September.

Senator Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, shared the newspaper's article on X on Friday and wrote: “If you want to know why Hegseth is panicking about reminders that there is accountably for giving or carrying out illegal orders, it’s likely because he knows he has given illegal orders to murder people.”

Department of Defense press secretary Kingsley Wilson then responded to the senator on X, writing, “Don’t buy the Fake News from phony politicians,” adding that every strike has been “completely legal,” “conducted against the operations

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