'It's done' -- House Armed Services chair sees no need to further probe boat strike [View all]

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House Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala., left) and ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.).

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‘It’s done’ — House Armed Services chair sees no need to further probe boat strike

Connor O'Brien
12/09/2025, 6:20pm ET

The Republican chair of the House Armed Services Committee said he doesn’t see the need to further investigate a controversial military strike that killed survivors of an attack on an alleged drug running vessel in September. ... But committee members are still set to hear from the commander who ordered the strike and see the unedited video of the incident in the coming days.

“It’s done,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) told reporters Tuesday when asked about his next moves to probe the incident. “I’ve got all the answers I needed.”

What’s next? That’s unlikely to sit well with Democrats who’ve pressed for a full investigation, including public hearings.

Rogers and other leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services and Intelligence panels met last week with U.S. Special Operations Command chief Adm. Frank Bradley, who oversaw the strike, and viewed the footage in a classified briefing.

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