What happened

A select group of lawmakers Thursday viewed video of the Sept. 2 military strike on an alleged cocaine-trafficking boat, including the follow-up strike that killed two survivors clinging to portions of the destroyed vessel.

Following a series of classified briefings by Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, who ordered the second strike , Democrats called the footage “disturbing” and urged its public release, while some Republicans defended both the strike and President Donald Trump’s broader campaign to blow up suspected drug traffickers. A 22nd boat strike announced Thursday evening killed four more people, bringing the total death toll to 87.

Who said what

The footage of the Sept. 2 strike showed that after the first missiles destroyed most of the boat, “two survivors, shirtl

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