The major questions facing Hegseth over a Caribbean strike

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  Good morning.

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  It's Wednesday, December 3rd.

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  I'm Shemitah Basu.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  On today's show, while Trump goes more aggressively after alleged Venezuelan drug boats,

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  the presidential pardon for the former Honduran leader convicted on drug trafficking charges.

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  An escalation on the immigration crackdown as the U.S.

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  pauses all applications from 19 countries,

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  and what happens when surprise relatives show up to claim inheritance.

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  But first, the questions over U.S.

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  strikes in the Caribbean won't go away.

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  Last week,

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  the Washington Post reported that following an initial attack on an alleged drug boat, U.S.

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  forces struck again at two survivors clinging to the wreckage.

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  Critics have said if true, it could constitute a war crime.

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  Since that report, lawmakers have announced two congressional inquiries,

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  and the administration's position and tone has shifted markedly.

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  First, Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth described the report as fabricated fake news on Friday.

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  By Monday,

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  Press Secretary Caroline Levitt read a scripted statement which acknowledged the strike had in fact happened,

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