It seems illegal and abominable and "the right thing". Is this just duckspeak?
Hegseth transcribed as headset, so these things have flaws.
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Can you tell us what you what are your approaches? >> Um, let me just say this
Uh, Admiral Bradley and the uh chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff did the right thing
Um, and uh, Admiral Bradley uh, defended uh, the decisions taken and Admiral Bradley has a storied career and he has my respect and he should have the respect of all of us.
But what I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service
Um, you have two individuals in clear distress uh without any means of uh locomotion with a destroyed vessel um who were killed by the United States. >> Can you wait
Can you tell us a little bit more about about exactly what was so troubling
What were some of the things that come up >> under the DoD manual uh for abiding by the laws of armed conflict
The specific example given of an impermissible action is attacking a shipwreck.
Any American who sees the video that I saw will see the United States military attacking shipwrecked sailors
Bad guys
Bad guys
but but attacking shipwrecked sailors
Now, there's a whole set of contextual items that the admiral explained
Yes, they were carrying drugs
Um they were not in the position to continue their mission in any way.
We don't we don't people will someday see this video and they will see that that video shows if you don't have the broader context an attack on shipwreck sailors
Who order? >> The last thing I'm going to say, the last thing I'm going to say is that uh the admiral confirmed that there had not been a kill them all order and that there was not an order to grant no quarter.
>> So, does it exonerate Hegseth? >> That's all I got. >> Do you think the video should be released publicly? >> I do. >> Do you expect hearings, sir?
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