Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that he learned about the second strike on an alleged drug boat on Sept. 2 hours after giving the order for the first strike.

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After the first strike, “I moved on to my next meeting,” Hegseth said. “A couple of hours later, I learned that that commander had made the [decision], which he had the complete authority to do, and, by the way, Adm. Bradley made the correct decision to ultimately sink the boat and eliminate the threat.”

PBS News Hour foreign affairs and defense correspondent Nick Schifrin reported Tuesday that, according to a U.S. official, the U.S. military struck the boat on Sept. 2 a total of four times: twice to kill the 11 people who were on board, and twice more to sink the boat.

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