Lawmakers Divided After Admiral’s Briefings on Drug Boat Strikes

Lawmakers Divided After Admiral’s Briefings on Drug Boat Strikes

Adm. Frank M. Bradley testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to examine his nomination to be admiral and commander of the United States Special Operation Command, at the Capitol in Washington on July 22, 2025. Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo

Congress on Dec. 4 hosted classified briefings on a deadly U.S. strike of an alleged drug boat in the South Caribbean in September that killed two survivors, leaving lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle split in their reactions to the Trump administration’s increasing military buildup near Venezuela.

Navy Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley testified to lawmakers that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did not give a “kill them all” order in the strike, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) told reporters on Thursday after leaving a classified briefing.

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