WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretaries Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio will brief Senators on Tuesday about the strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean.
The administration has said these strikes on alleged drug carrying boats are to protect the homeland from drugs crossing into the US. However, some Senators on both sides of the aisle have wanted to get more clarity on these strikes and the legal justification for it. So far, there’s been more than 20 publicly known strikes on alleged drug carrying boats, killing more than 80 people.
Recently, there were reports about the US issuing a second strike on survivors of an initial strike back in September. Some members are questioning if the administration killed people who no longer posed a threat.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D- NY), who sits on the Armed Services and Intelligence Committees, said last week the video should be made public.
“I think there needs to be a thorough review because I think the legal memo written to support these strikes should be made public,” said the Senator. “The Office of Legal Counsel did a memo why President Trump is allowed to do this. I read the memo, I don’t agree with it. I don’t think it states the law, I think it misstates the law.”
The US also recently took control of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. We can expect Senators to also question Hegseth and Rubio on that too.
