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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harry Cockburn

Admiral Frank ‘Mitch’ Bradley: The ‘gold standard’ Navy SEAL officer at the centre of Hegseth boat strike blame game

A respected U.S. Navy admiral is set to face Congress as questions mount over a ‘double tap’ strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean.

The U.S. launched the first in a series of deadly strikes in waters near Venezuela on September 2, in an operation that killed 11 people. Since then reports have emerged that the vessel was hit again despite survivors clinging to the wreckage after the initial hit.

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