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White House says admiral ordered follow-on strike on alleged drug boat, insists attack was lawful

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White House says admiral ordered follow-on strike on alleged drug boat, insists attack was lawful

The White House has said that a Navy admiral acted “within his authority and the law” when he ordered a second, follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea in a September U.S. military operation that has come under bipartisan scrutiny. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt offered the justification for the…

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Why the U.S. is building up troops in the Caribbean

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Why the U.S. is building up troops in the Caribbean

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely (DDG-107) sails from the Port of Spain amid heightened tensions in the region between the U.S. and Venezuela, as seen from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. | Photo Credit: Reuters On August 7, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Trump administration had doubled the existing bounty…

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