LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that he backs a September 2 decision to launch a second strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean. “I fully support that strike,” Hegseth said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California. SIMI VALLEY, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 6: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gives a speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum on December 6, 2025, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Hegseth spoke about creating "peace through strength," and emphasized the need to have a prepared military that would deter aggression from adversaries. Accounts of the September 2 strikes have prompted concerns that U.S. forces carried out a war crime.

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