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Secretary Huggseth stands behind Admiral Bradley 100%.

Admiral Bradley made the right call, and unlike the previous administration, we have our warfighters back at this department.

The Secretary of Defense says he did not order a double-tap strike on a boat

off the coast of Venezuela, but he supports the killings anyway.

It's Tuesday, December 2nd, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBOR.

I'm Chris Bentley.

Today on the show, longtime conservative presidential advisor, Elliot Abrams, pushed for U.S. military intervention across Latin America

in the 80s and the Middle East in the 2000s. Now, he says, regime change is the only way forward

in Venezuela. Hitting little boats in the Caribbean won't do it. I think more is going to be needed,

and the question for President Trump

is, how far is he willing to go? Also, Dr. Mehmet Oz says the government is working out a solution

to address the rising cost of health insurance with a deadline to extend Affordable Care Act tax

credits just a few weeks away. Before we get to that, though,

the Pentagon held a press conference today, doubling down on yesterday's denial from the White

House, which claimed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not order the secondary strike on an

alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. The attack in question happened on September 2nd at the order of the

Defense Secretary. The follow-up strike killed two remaining survivors. Both the White House and

the Pentagon say Navy Admiral Frank Bradley is responsible for the Second Order, which is under

heavy scrutiny as a potential war crime. For more, we called up

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