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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - APRIL 16: U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with El Salvador Minister of National Defense René Merino Monroy at the Pentagon on April 16, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. The meeting comes following the illegal deportation by the Trump administration of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who has been held in prison in El Salvador since March 15. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
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Democratic senators from the United States are calling for an investigation into U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, claiming that the second air strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug trafficking boat constitutes a war crime.

Hegseth told reporters he didn’t stick around after the first strike and that the admiral who authorized the move made the right call, and added that we have his back.

There’s been a lot of blow back from the Democrats but we’re also hearing bipartisan support for a potential probe into these strikes from the Senates Armed Services Committee.

All the while the Trump administration is maintaining its stance on the strikes and promising there’ll be more.

Since September there have been approximately 22 strikes on boats in the both the Carribean and Pacific Ocean resulting in 83 deaths.

Should Trump wish to escalate his military operation and deploy troops on the ground, many scholars say he would require congressional approval.

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