What recent military actions did the Pentagon announce?
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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dwahlisa Kautel. The Pentagon has announced another strike on a boat in the Pacific. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports it happened as some lawmakers say an earlier strike killed shipwrecked survivors.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on social media that the U.S. military conducted another deadly strike on a small boat he said was carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific. He released a brief surveillance video of a boat bursting into flames. This was the 22nd known attack on alleged narco-traffickers.
It took place the same day that Admiral Mitch Bradley briefed congressional leaders behind closed doors about the first strike on September 2nd. Some Democratic members of Congress say video of that incident showed that two surviving crew members were killed about 40 minutes after the initial strike while trying to right their capsized boat.
Republicans who viewed the same video say it was illegal military action. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
Newly appointed vaccine advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have stopped recommending that all newborns get a dose of the hepatitis B vaccine at birth. NPR's Ping Huang reports the vote was contentious and strongly opposed by most of the medical community.
Many in the medical and public health communities are very upset about the vote and they're worried about its likely impacts on health. Now, that is even though with this change, the hepatitis B vaccine should still be covered for free for any parent who wants it for their child.
Those in public health also see it as part of a broader push by Secretary Kennedy to undermine vaccines and discourage people from getting them, even though the evidence in the safety record has not changed.
NPR's Ping Huang. Russia's leader says his country is prepared to facilitate uninterrupted shipments of fuel to India. NPR's Dia Hadid reports.
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