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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth doubled down on boat strikes being carried out against alleged drug cartels in the Caribbean amid growing controversy over one such operation in September that came to light in recent days.

“We’ve only just begun striking narco folks and putting narco terrorists at the bottom of the ocean because they’ve been poisoning the American people,” Hegseth said sitting alongside President Trump during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday.

Hegseth went on to say that commanders have his and the administration’s full support.

“President Trump always has our back, we always have the back of our c

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