Congressman Bill Keating calls this a critical moment. The eight-term Democrat from Massachusetts has his finger on the pulse of international issues, starting with alleged drug smuggling boats in Venezuela and revelations this week that a September attack included a second strike to kill two survivors .

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Admiral Frank Bradley called them "legitimate threats."

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“It was a shipwreck with people defenseless that you do not go and attack again,” Keating said. “When this occurred, people on both sides of the aisle said, 'Let’s get to the facts.'"

Both Republicans and Democrats have expressed outrage over how the Trump Administration has approached the controversy.

“Part of the inve

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