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Heightened attention on Trump administration ordered boat strikes has Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the hot seat with the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee calling for Hegseth's resignation.
Senator Mark Warner tells NPR that the full video of a recent deadly double strike on an alleged drug cartel boat in the Caribbean should be made public and more questions must be answered.
I'm not making drawing any conclusions here
because when you make the make the accusation about war crimes that is that is a accusation once made cannot be retracted but we are in those waters or in that area
because again I think this constant careless sloppy approach from Pete Hegseth.
Secretary Hegseth told an audience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library last night that today's drug cartels are the equivalent of al-Qaeda terrorists both of whom were and are intent on killing Americans.
An NPR investigation has found that for-profit companies are charging military veterans up to $20,000
for help claiming their disability benefits.
NPR's Kaylee Fox Shannon has details.
In the last decade,
scores of companies have sprung up to help veterans navigate notoriously complex disability claims.
NPR looked at one such company in Florida called Trajector Medical.
The VA has sent Trajector two letters warning it may be violating a federal law that requires accreditation to help vets this way.