Hegseth's alleged 'follow-on' boat strike prompts Senate, House inquiries

A bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators has vowed to investigate reports that a “follow-on” strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean was carried out at the behest of the Pentagon’s top official. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has since denied the report, published Friday by The Washington Post, which spoke to multiple anonymous sources who said they had knowledge of the order to launch a subsequent strike and kill two survivors of the Sept. 2 attack.

House, Senate announce inquiries

The Senate Armed Services Committee, led by Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., was the first to announce that it would be launching inquiries into the report. In a joint statement issued Friday, the senators said that “The Committee has directed inquiries to the [Department of Defense], and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to these circumstances.”

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