Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Defense Department is reviewing the video of several Sept. 2 strikes against an alleged drug boat off the Venezuela coast to determine whether it will be released to the public.

The Sept. 2 attack and the decisions that led to it have come under growing scrutiny by lawmakers in recent days, prompting calls for the footage to be made public. But Hegseth says national security officials first must determine whether revealing the video could endanger ongoing operations.

"We've got operators out there doing this right now, so whatever we were to decide to release, we would have to be very responsible about, so we're reviewing that right now," he said Saturday during an appearance at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.

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