Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is offering new details about what he knew during a U.S. operation that struck a suspected drug boat twice in September, an incident now facing potential congressional investigation.

Hegseth said he watched the initial strike and insisted Admiral Frank Mitch Bradley made the decision to carry out the second, disputing a Washington Post report alleging Hegseth ordered forces to kill everyone on the boats.

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Despite bipartisan criticism, Hegseth said Tuesday that the military will not be deterred from going after what he calls narco terrorists.

Weve only just begun striking narco boats and putting narco terrorists at the bottom of the ocean because theyve been poisonin

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