House Democrats said they left a classified briefing Thursday without answers about the Trump administration's lethal strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, raising concerns about legality, oversight, and the administration's broader objectives.
Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), a former Army officer, said lawmakers were given "a tactical brief" without information about strategic goals, telling reporters, "I heard no strategy, no end game." He added, "Our job is to oversee the use of lethal force by our military outside of the United States, and I'm walking away without an understanding of how and why they're making an assessment that the use of lethal force is adequate here."
