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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

Republicans join Democrats to make military pay hikes contingent on Hegseth releasing ‘double tap’ boat strike video

In a bipartisan move, Congress has added a provision to its annual military policy bill that would require the Department of Defense to release video of the “double tap” — or second deadly missile strike — on a boat in the Caribbean that was suspected of smuggling drugs.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been accused of stonewalling Congress on its release. And while President Donald Trump told a reporter last week that the full video would be made public, he has since walked that back and even denied he said he would release the video.

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