Pentagon, Venezuela and boat strike
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The Trump administration is facing mounting congressional pushback over more than 20 military strikes in Caribbean, as lawmakers seek to limit Venezuela operations.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who has twice tried to pass a war powers resolution aimed at preventing the president from conducting strikes against Venezuela, told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the reported second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat earlier this year "rises to the level of a war crime if it's true.
Holsey will retire from the Navy on Dec. 12, 2025, after a little more than a year leading the U.S. Southern Command.
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Walking the red carpet before the World Cup Draw, President Trump brushed off questions about whether his FIFA peace prize conflicts with planned Venezuela strikes.
Lawmakers are demanding the Pentagon release additional documents and details on a second strike in the Caribbean that killed shipwrecked survivors on an alleged drug boat following Thursday's briefings from the admiral involved.
The following day, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed - for the first time - that a follow-up strike was ordered on 2 September. That order, she said, came from US Navy Admiral Frank Bradley, who at the time of the attack was in charge of Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC.