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US strikes another boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four, amid escalating questions about its counter-drug offensive

By Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — The US military carried out a strike Thursday on a suspected drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four people on board, according to a social media post from US Southern Command. โ€œSouthern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens during a Cabinet Meeting in the White House in Washington

Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didnโ€™t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers

By Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand, Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications devices, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers on

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a cabinet meeting at the White House on December 2.

Unclassified report on Hegsethโ€™s use of Signal details risk to troops, lack of cooperation with investigation

By Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information that could have endangered US troops through his use of Signal to discuss attack plans, a Pentagon watchdog said in an unclassified report released Thursday. It also details how Hegseth declined to fully cooperate with the probe. The investigation was

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