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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. The House and Senate Armed Services Committee

say they will look into military strikes ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on boats

allegedly smuggling drugs in the Caribbean. NPR's Lydia Kaleitri reports. A source not

authorized to speak publicly confirms to NPR that Hegseth ordered two strikes on an alleged drug boat on September 2nd, the second attack killing the survivors of the first.

The Washington Post first reported that Hexeth gave a spoken order for the military to kill everyone on board the vessel.

Republican Congressman Don Bacon is a member of the House Armed Services Committee.

He told ABCs this week,

When people want to surrender, you don't kill them, and they have to pose an imminent threat.

It's hard to believe that two people on a raft trying to survive would pose an imminent threat.

The military has carried out at least 21 strikes on alleged drug boats as part of Operation Southern Spear,

a campaign that the Trump administration says is aimed at tackling drug trafficking.

Lydia Kulitri, NPR News, Washington.

According to a recent Gallup poll, people in the U.S. are viewing crime as a less

serious problem for the second year in a row. As NPR's Meg Anderson reports, the falling

concern over crime matches the fact that crime itself is actually falling in much of the U.S.

A little under half of the Americans surveyed said crime is a very serious problem in the country. That's the

lowest level it's been since 2018. And that makes sense. The U.S. has seen large drops in crime

rates this year in nearly every category, including homicides, motor vehicle thefts, and burglaries.

The reality of crime rates don't always align with whether people feel

safe. According to Gallup, those beliefs are also influenced by political preferences. For instance,

even though crime was also falling last year, Republicans only became less concerned about it

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