Quill Lawrence

U.S.

Southern Command released a grainy surveillance video on social media of a small boat exploding into flames.

Southcom said two men died in the strike and alleged that they were trafficking drugs to the United States.

Since last September, the U.S.

has hit at least 60 boats this way and in one case returned to kill shipwrecked survivors.

President Trump has declared drug cartels to be a terrorist group at war with the United States.

Human rights advocates say these strikes amount to murder.

Government data suggests that the supply of cocaine arriving in the U.S.

hasn't decreased in the nine months since the military began lethal strikes on the small speedboats.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

Can you commit to working with me and others in this body to support the relocation of these vetted individuals to the United States, especially those who are family members of currently serving U.S.

soldiers?

Admiral Cooper said that one incident at the start of the war is still under investigation to determine if the U.S.

was responsible for an airstrike on an Iranian girls' school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pressed Cooper about other cases.

Cooper said the Pentagon is not investigating any of the other incidents.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

The president's order aimed to create what he called a center for warrior independence on the sprawling VA campus in West Los Angeles.

But at a hearing, Republican Congressman Mike Boss said the administration has blocked oversight with non-disclosure agreements.

Ongoing construction at the campus has taken decades.