Bipartisan frustration is rising on Capitol Hill over a U.S. military operation that struck a suspected drug boat twice in September an incident now facing possible congressional investigation.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Vice Adm. Frank Bradley ordered the deadly second strike. Some members of Congress are now asking whether it was legal, a war crime or murder. Lawmakers are also calling for the release of video footage from the attack.

Scripps News has learned that the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee will meet with Bradley to discuss the strikes, as bipartisan interest grows over what happened.

Earlier Tuesday, Hegseth defended the strikes, saying he was not aware whether anyone was still alive after the first hit, which was shared on social media by President

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