Trump admin live updates: Hegseth says he did not see 2nd boat strike, survivors [View all]
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Source: ABC News
Hegseth clarified comments he gave back in September after the boat strike on Sept. 2 of a suspected drug boat where he claimed he saw the attack take place live.
At the time, he and the White House did not disclose that a second strike was ordered on the boat.
Asked if he saw survivors of that second strike, Hegseth reiterated that he did see the initial strike live, but did not see the follow-up attack -- and did not personally see survivors.
"As you can imagine, the Department of War, we got a lot of things to do. So I didn't stick around for the hour and two hours, whatever, where all the sensitive site exploitation digitally occurs," he said.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates/?id=127993391
The story keeps changing. The fact that someone else always gets thrown under the bus is always a constant though.
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