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US Plans To Seize More ‘Shadow’ Tankers Off Venezuela, Per Reports
‘Not going to stand by and watch’
Hegseth, Bradley and the Venezuela boat strikes: Who is legally responsible?
Amid intensifying scrutiny over U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, questions are emerging over who in the Trump administration’s chain of command is legally on the hook for what many see as war crimes. Administration officials have insisted it was the decision of Adm. Frank Bradley, not Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,…
Johnson: Defense bill advances ‘Peace Through Strength Agenda’
Congressional leaders released the final bill text the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Sunday, as they seek to get the annual defense policy bill across the finish line. The budget for the Department of Defense is $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion in President Trump’s budget request for the department. The defense…
Read: Full text of the National Defense Authorization Act
Congressional leaders on Sunday released the text of the national defense and security package, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The budget for the Department of Defense is $8 billion more than the $892.6 billion in President Trump’s budget request for the department. The NDAA does not appropriate funds but rather sets the policy for…
Administration • Defense • International • News • The Hill
Hegseth highlights US-first national defense strategy
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday took the podium at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum to attack post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy, declaring a new military focus on the Western Hemisphere while lambasting the decisions of former administrations. Over roughly 40 minutes, Hegseth touched on a myriad of topics, including repeated demands that allies…
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US military blows up alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, killing 4 ‘narco-terrorists’
The U.S. military blew up another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing four male “narco-terrorists” and continuing its lethal counternarcotics campaign as scrutiny over the Trump administration’s early September operation intensifies. The boat on Thursday was struck in international waters and was operated by a designated terrorist organization, U.S. Southern Command…
Administration • Defense • drug boat strikes • News • Pentagon • The Hill
Hegseth 2016 comments on not following ‘unlawful orders’ surface: ‘There’s a standard’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is facing heat over a strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, said in 2016 that he believed in “consequences for abject war crimes.” “I do think there have to be consequences for abject war crimes. If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then…
Rand Paul: Hegseth is either ‘lying to us’ about boat strike or ‘he’s incompetent’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday sharply criticized Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for defending a second military strike on survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat in September, after the secretary first dismissed the bombshell report as “fake news.” In remarks to reporters at the Capitol, the libertarian senator said Hegseth…
Administration • Defense • International • News • Senate • The Hill
Hegseth stands by ‘American hero’ admiral who issued second boat strike order
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth backed Navy Adm. Frank Bradley, who ordered a second strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 2. “Lets make one thing crystal clear: Admiral Mitch Bradley is an American hero, a true professional, and has my 100% support,” Hegseth said Monday on the social platform X….
Who is Adm. Frank Bradley, commander who issued second boat strike order?
The White House placed the decision to launch a second, follow-up Sept. 2 strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea at the feet of the commander overseeing the operation from Fort Bragg, N.C., Navy Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley. Bradley — who was authorized by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to carry out…
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