Trump backs off boat strike video
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ABC News' Rachel Scott parried with a clip of Donald Trump's course reversal over releasing the second strike footage after he called her 'obnoxious.'
The U.S. military's early September strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat has drawn new scrutiny as the White House confirmed that the vessel was struck twice.
It has been a turbulent couple of weeks in national security, highlighted by continuing strikes on high-speed boats in the Caribbean that are, according to the Trump administration, carrying drugs headed to the US.
Media reports conflict on Pete Hegseth's Caribbean strike orders, but war crime allegations lack evidence according to Pentagon veterans familiar with military operations.
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The Bolduc Brief: Reevaluating boat strike missions – the need for strategic integrity in combating drug trafficking
Based on a lifetime in uniform, I believe these boat strike missions are illegal, immoral, strategically hollow, and a betrayal of the ethical standards that should govern American military power.
Bipartisan congressional oversight is underway, but for now is focusing on narrow details about one missile instead of broader legal issues.
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Colorado Springs 11 teachers face warnings, discipline, or termination for strike-related actions
More than two-dozen teachers in Colorado Springs District 11 received warnings or were disciplined because of actions related to the one-day teachers strike in October, according to union officials.
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Pete Hegseth says he didn't see survivors in the September boat strike because of 'the fog of war'
Lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have started inquiries into the "double tap" strikes, which critics have said could constitute a war crime.
“Thursday was a glorious day. It was one of the single most important days in the history of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, but also of my life and, I think, the lives of many of us,” said Andrew “Goldy” Goldstein, the president of the guild. Goldstein was an education reporter at the Post-Gazette and walked out with colleagues in October 2022.
Trump says survivors of scrutinized US strike were trying to right boat before 2nd missile was fired
President Donald Trump is justifying the U.S. military’s decision to fire a second missile in a heavily scrutinized U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean Sea