WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday cited the "fog of war" in defending a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea in early September.

During a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Hegseth said he did not see any survivors in the water, saying the vessel "exploded in fire, smoke, you can't see anything. ... This is called the fog of war."

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