Some rare bipartisanship is emerging in congress: it focuses on questions about the legality of a September 2nd U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean. 11 people were killed, including two men who initially survived the first strike, but were killed by a follow-up attack. This operation was the start of a campaign of strikes the Trump Administration says it is waging to protect Americans from drugs smuggled by narco-terrorists. 

GUEST: Representative Adam Smith (WA-09), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee 

RELATED LINKS:
NPR: Congress steps in as questions mount over who authorized a second strike at sea
NPR: As strikes on alleged drug boats grow, so do questions about their legality and goal

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Some rare bipartisanship is emerging in congress: it focuses on questions about the legality of a September 2nd U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean. 11 people were killed, including two men who initially survived the first strike, but were killed by a follow-up attack.&nbsp;This operation was the start of a campaign of strikes the Trump Administration says it is waging to protect Americans from drugs smuggled by narco-terrorists.&nbsp;
GUEST: Representative Adam Smith (WA-09), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee&nbsp;
RELATED LINKS:
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<li>NPR: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/11/30/nx-s1-5625885/congress-steps-in-as-questions-mount-over-who-authorized-a-second-strike-at-sea">Congress steps in as questions mount over who authorized a second strike at sea</a></li>
<li>NPR: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/24/nx-s1-5584173/trump-drug-boats-venezuela-maduro">As strikes on alleged drug boats grow, so do questions about their legality and goal</a></li>
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Some rare bipartisanship is emerging in congress: it focuses on questions about the legality of a September 2nd U.S. strike on a boat in the Caribbean.

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