WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on reports that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a directive to “kill everybody” on boats in the Caribbean, leading to a second strike that killed survivors who were incapacitated, which may be a war crime.
“If the reports are true, Pete Hegseth likely committed a war crime when he gave an illegal order that led to the killing of incapacitated survivors of the U.S. strike in the Caribbean,” said Senator Rosen. “The American people deserve to know exactly what happened, which is why I’m proud to join colleagues on both sides of the aisle in calling for a thorough investigation and full transparency with Congress. It’s deeply shameful that the Secretary of Defense would violate the laws of armed conflict and put our brave servicemembers in this position. He should resign immediately.”
Last week, Senator Rosen joined her Senate Armed Services Committee Colleagues in requesting that Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declassify and publicly release the written opinion of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) on the Trump Administration’s lethal airstrikes in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean.
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