Fresh reporting about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s role in a September boat strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean has drawn bipartisan concern in Congress, as lawmakers seek clarity on his authorizing a follow-up attack that killed two survivors.

Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday that, if confirmed, such an order would raise serious legal questions. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va, told CBS that directing a strike on shipwreck survivors is “a clear violation of the DOD’s own laws of war, as well as international laws.”

“This rises to the level of a war crime if it’s true,” Kaine said.

Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., said in a social media post that Hegseth “is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.”

Bipartisan leadership of the Armed Services Committees in both ch

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