Sen. Roger Wicker arrives for a briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee at the US Capitol on July 29, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images/File

The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed to him there was a second US strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September — an attack that has drawn bipartisan scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi said he expects his committee to have full access to the audio and video of the strikes as part of its investigation into the controversy amid allegations US forces executed a “double-tap” strike after the initial attack wasn’t completely fatal.

“I don’t have that information, but I do think we’ll get that information, and we’r

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