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Pete Hegseth’s Year of Blowing Up Boats

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On September 2, 2025—a year ago today—the Trump administration first drone-bombed a small boat in the Caribbean Sea. That strike killed 11 people. Then, according to members of Congress who saw classified footage of the attack, the drone circled back for a “double-tap” strike, killing two survivors as they clung to the wreckage.



Administration officials claimed without evidence that the attack was a necessary measure against alleged drug-smugglers.



As justification for the stri

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