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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dwahlisa Kautel. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not publicly agreed to publish a controversial video showing a second strike on an alleged drug boat, despite President Trump backing the release. NPR's Luke Garrett reports that one lawmaker who has seen the footage says Hegseth doesn't want the public to see it.
House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith got to watch the video of the strike on survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Smith, a Democrat from Washington state, called the tape, quote, deeply disturbing on ABC News.
It seems pretty clear they don't want to release this video because they don't want people to see it because it's very, very difficult to justify.
But Republican Senator Eric Schmidt of Missouri told ABC News that the early September follow on strike and those that followed were all legal.
They're going to carry out their mission. They executed another strike of a narco-terrorist just this past week. Those will continue, and they're completely authorized. I reviewed the 40-plus page memo by the Office of Legal Counsel.
Over the weekend, Hegseth said the Pentagon is reviewing the strike footage to determine if it can be released. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Thailand says at least one of its soldiers has been killed in renewed clashes with Cambodia in violation of a ceasefire agreement that's been on shaky ground in recent weeks. From Chiang Rai, Thailand, Michael Sullivan reports.
In a statement, the Thai military blamed Cambodian forces for starting the fighting early Monday morning. said the Thai response included airstrikes against several Cambodian positions along the disputed border. The ceasefire had been brokered by President Trump and Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and signed at a ceremony Trump attended in Malaysia in October.
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