Hegseth won't release video of U.S. "double tap" strike that killed 2 survivors

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday connected Capitol Hill that the Pentagon volition not merchandise the afloat video of the "double tap" onslaught that killed 2 survivors of a U.S. onslaught connected Sept. 2.

"Of people we're not going to merchandise a top-secret, full, unedited video of that to the wide public." Hegseth said, aft helium and Secretary of State Marco Rubio had fixed senators a classified briefing connected the boat strikes.

There has been mounting unit connected the Pentagon for the past 2 weeks from lawmakers, mostly Democrats, who privation to spot the afloat unedited video of the strikes after reports that U.S. forces targeted 2 survivors of an archetypal onslaught connected an alleged cause vessel successful the Caribbean connected Sept. 2.

A tiny fig of lawmakers person already seen the video, and members of the Senate and House Armed Services committee volition presumption it Wednesday. The Pentagon plans to stock it "with the due committees," Hegseth told reporters Tuesday, without answering immoderate questions.

Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the apical Democrat connected the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters the Pentagon is stonewalling them implicit calls to amusement the video to each members of Congress.

"I deliberation they're trying to tally retired the timepiece successful presumption of holding disconnected giving it to the remainder of the senators, truthful past the Senate doesn't spot it earlier we interruption for the holidays," Warner said.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina agreed that members of Congress should beryllium capable to spot the video.

"I deliberation the video should beryllium released to everybody successful Congress," Graham said. "The slightest of my concerns is this friggin' video – merchandise it — marque your ain decisions, but this is lawful."

U.S. Southern Command announced Monday that U.S. forces had killed 8 alleged cause smugglers successful strikes targeting 3 suspected cause vessels, bringing the full fig of individuals killed to much than 90 since the run began successful aboriginal September.

Graham told reporters helium wants the Trump medication to intelligibly authorities its extremity successful the Caribbean and whether it means to effort to region Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

"I asked the question, 'What happens erstwhile helium leaves?' And they accidental that this is counter-drugs; 'it'd beryllium bully if helium left,'" Graham said. "That's not a bully answer. I privation to reassert again — you cannot let this antheral to beryllium lasting aft this show of force."