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Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth has not publicly agreed to publish a controversial video showing a second strike on an alleged drug boat, despite President Trump backing the release.

NPR's Luke Garrett reports that one lawmaker who has seen the footage says

Hegset doesn't want the public to see it. House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith

got to watch the video of the strike on survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat in the

Caribbean. Smith, a Democrat from Washington State, called the tape, quote, deeply disturbing on ABC News.

It seems pretty clear they don't want to release this video because they don't want people

to see it because it's very, very difficult to justify.

But Republican Senator Eric Schmidt of Missouri told ABC News that the early September

follow-on strike and those that followed were all legal.

They're going to carry out their mission.

They executed another strike of a

narco-terrorist just this past week. Those will continue, and they're completely authorized.

I reviewed the 40-plus-page memo by the Office of Legal Counsel.

Over the weekend, Hegeseth said the Pentagon is reviewing the strike footage to determine if it can be

released. Luke Garrett. NPR News, Washington.

Thailand says at least one of its soldiers has been killed in renewed clashes with Cambodia

in violation of a ceasefire agreement that's been on shaky ground in recent weeks.

From Chiang Rai, Thailand, Michael Sullivan reports.

In a statement, the Thai military blamed Cambodian forces for starting the fighting early Monday

morning and said the Thai response included airstrikes against several Cambodian positions

along the disputed border.

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