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Top Armed Services lawmakers are launching inquiries into the Trump administration’s lethal strikes in the Caribbean following a Washington Post report alleging that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered U.S. forces to kill anyone who survived a Sept. 2 strike on an alleged narcotics vessel.

“We will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to these circumstances,” Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and ranking member Jack Reed, D-R.I., said in a joint statement.

House Armed Services Committee leaders announced a parallel review, saying they are seeking “a full accounting” of the operation.

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