Washington — President Trump on Monday walked back the support he previously voiced for releasing any video of a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in early September, insisting he never said he supported making the video public, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to commit to releasing the Pentagon's footage.

Last week, the president told reporters he didn't know what video existed of the subsequent strike, "but whatever they have, we'd certainly release, no problem." On Saturday, Hegseth declined to say whether the Pentagon would release video of the Sept. 2 operation , which allegedly included a follow-up strike to kill two people who survived the initial attack on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean. Hegseth said they "have to be

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