Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's boat strike orders are under new scrutiny.

That's where we're starting The Seven from the Washington Post. I'm Hannah Jewell.

It's Monday, December 1st. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

On September 2nd, the U.S. launched an attack on a boat in the Caribbean Sea. It was the opening salvo in the Trump administration's war on suspected drug traffickers in the

region, a campaign that some current and former U.S. officials and experts have said is

unlawful. On Friday, the post published a report on the September attack. It revealed that

Hegesath gave a spoken order to kill all the crew members aboard that vessel. After an initial

strike, a live drone feed showed two survivors from an

original crew of 11 clinging to the wreckage of their boat. To comply with Hegeseth's order,

a special operations commander overseeing the mission ordered a second strike that killed the two

survivors. Yesterday, President Donald Trump said Hegeseth told him he didn't give the spoken order

to kill everyone on board.

Number one, I don't know that that happened.

And Pete said he did not want them.

He didn't even know what people were talking about.

So we'll look into it. but no, I wouldn't have wanted

that, not the second strike. The first strike was very lethal, it was fine, and if there were two

people around, but Pete said that didn't happen. Now, Republican-led committees in the House and

Senate have demanded a full accounting of the September attack.

That's a significant development.

Since Trump's return to the White House, the Republican majorities in Congress have shown considerable deference to his administration.

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