Senate committee vows 'vigorous oversight' in killing of boat strike survivors

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Source: Washington Post

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Senate committee vows ‘vigorous oversight’ in killing of boat strike survivors

The Republican-led Senate Armed Service Committee’s pledge came after The Post reported that the defense secretary ordered that a U.S. strike on an alleged narcotics boat leave no survivors.

November 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. EST


Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth departs after a secure briefing about Venezuela with lawmakers and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Capitol Hill on Nov. 5. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

By Victoria Bisset, Alex Horton, Ellen Nakashima and Noah Robertson

The head of the Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee has pledged “vigorous oversight” after a Washington Post report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members during the first U.S. strike against suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean earlier this year.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/29/hegseth-caribbean-strikes-kill-order-reaction/

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This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) 2025-11-29T15:00:07.438Z

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Josh Marshall
‪@joshtpm.bsky.social‬

This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.

‪Carl Quintanilla‬
‪@carlquintanilla.bsky.social‬
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> @andrewdesiderio.bsky.social


Nov 29, 2025, 10:00 AM
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[BOSSHOG]

1. Is vigorous oversight

Akin to deeply concerned? Will Senator wicker vigorously clutch his pearls. Trump and Hegseth are evil. Republicans know it. Oversight should be crystal clear with no obfuscation. Trial set for early January. No, I have not been smoking anything this AM. Justice delayed is Justice denied. Let us not delay hegseths much deserved justice.

[FarPoint]

2. At this phase....

I will believe it when I see it..... soooo much posturing, chatter and no follow thru.....

I have been waiting years for them to do their job....still waiting.

[progressoid]

8. Agreed but

it is nice to see some cracks forming in their support for the Orange Anus.

[FarPoint]

12. Agreed....

If this has legs....I'm all in.....

[sheshe2]

3. Lock him up!

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-11-29T15:10:18.476Z

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. I hope that there is a real investigation

Here is a pdf of the statement

[COL Mustard]

5. And just remember who is on the SASC.

That's right, Mark Kelly. This will be real interesting. I think (and hope) Hegseth is finished. There are so many people who are more qualified to be SECDEF.

[sakabatou]

6. I'll believe it when I see no more boats being blown up

[sheshe2]

7. I can't wait until this chest-beating imbecile is brought up on murder charges.

I can't wait until this chest-beating imbecile is brought up on murder charges.

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-11-29T15:00:18.972Z

[ananda]

9. LOL.

Just what the hell does vigorous oversight mean
anyway?

With Republicans it probably means swinging dicks
around like naked guys in a shower.

[KPN]

10. Yay! Good News! Hope the little twerp is peeing his pants this morning. If not,

he should be ... and will likely be inebriated before the day is out.

And if this Congress doesn't deal with him as a war criminal, a future one will -- so he has good reason to piss his pants.

[in2herbs]

11. So are they going to contact the ICC and ask for an investigation and prosecution against Hegseth?

[drray23]

13. Hegseth could be made to be the fall guy

instead of Trump. I am not sure I would discount this investigation as an attempt to exonerate Hegseth. It may be that the GOP senators found it convenient to go after him so they do not have to go after Trump.
Trump might let Hegseth be in trouble, after all, he is not well known for loyalty towards his minions. With Trump, loyalty is a one-way street.