Overview
- House and Senate Armed Services committees inserted the requirement into the NDAA, which is expected to pass, also tying funds to overdue Pentagon reports on execute orders.
- Officials say the Sept. 2 operation involved four strikes, with a follow-up roughly 40 minutes after the first that killed the two remaining survivors in the water.
- Lawmakers who viewed classified clips offered sharply different accounts, with Democrats calling the men helpless and some Republicans arguing they still posed a threat.
- Trump said last week he would release the full video but on Monday deferred to Hegseth and declined to commit, while Hegseth warned releasing it could expose sources and methods.
- The maritime campaign has involved at least 22 strikes and about 87 deaths, as briefings raised fresh questions about intelligence claims, including a reported linkup route toward Suriname.