Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) met with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday to give him copies of the orders issued. striking boats The Trump administration says drugs were being trafficked in the Caribbean region.
He issued two letters addressed to Hegseth. First sent on September 23Establishes legal requirements mandating congressional oversight of military execution orders (EXORDS). According to the first letter, these orders are to be sent to the defense committees within 15 days of their issue.
“Unfortunately, the Department has not complied with this requirement,” the letter said.
A second letter Request sent on 6 October Written opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the legal basis – domestic or international – for conducting these strikes and related actions.
The senators also requested “a complete list of all designated terrorist organizations and drug trafficking organizations with whom the President has determined that the United States is in a non-international armed conflict and against whom lethal military force may be used.”
As of Friday, “As of today, these documents have not been submitted.” statement From Reed’s office.
Tension continue to grow This comes amid strikes against alleged narco-trafficking boats by the Trump administration between the United States and Venezuela. Also deployment of warships, surveillance planes and fighter planes Covert CIA operation in Venezuela As a result, there has been speculation about possible military operations aimed at the South American country, as President Trump appears to have authorized it.
Trump and his close associate This has increased the possibility of the US launching ground attacks in Venezuela. the administration has allegedly accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is accused of controlling the international criminal gang Tren de Aragua, which the US has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
While the Wall Street Journal informed that administration Military facilities identified in Venezuela Used for drug trafficking as a possible target of the attack, Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday described the US reporting on the decision to attack as “a false story,
Earlier in the day, Trump Said It is “not true” that the US was planning to attack Venezuela.
A YouGov The survey conducted on Friday revealed this 42 percent of Americans oppose military intervention in VenezuelaWhereas 27 percent people support it. The majority of those surveyed opposed land invasions, boat attacks, and the deployment of US Navy ships in the waters surrounding the country.
