Hegseth won't commit to releasing video of second strike on alleged drug boat: "We are reviewing it right now" [View all]

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Source: CBS News

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Hegseth won't commit to releasing video of second strike on alleged drug boat: "We are reviewing it right now"

Updated on: December 6, 2025 / 9:33 PM EST / CBS/AFP

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday refused to say whether the Pentagon would release video of the early September operation that targeted survivors of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean.

"We're reviewing the process, and we'll see," Hegseth said in a Q&A session after addressing a defense forum hosted by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. "Whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to be very responsible about reviewing that right now."

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