House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., said Tuesday that the congressional probe into a U.S. military strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean is “done,” floating the possibility of ending the inquiry even as questions about the operation remain unanswered.

The strike, carried out on September 2 near Venezuelan waters, killed all 11 people aboard the vessel. Reporting from The Washington Post later revealed that two individuals initially survived the first explosion, only to be killed in a subsequent “double-tap” strike — a follow-on attack that many legal experts say violates international law. The Post report said that Adm. Frank Bradley, the mission commander, was following orders from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to kill everyone aboard.

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