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   The Republican chair of the House Armed Services Committee said he doesn’t   
   see the need to further investigate a controversial military strike that   
   killed survivors of an attack on an alleged drug running vessel in   
   September.   
      
   But committee members are still set to hear from the commander who ordered   
   the strike and see the unedited video of the incident in the coming days.   
      
   “It’s done,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) told reporters Tuesday when asked   
   about his next moves to probe the incident. “I’ve got all the answers I   
   needed.”   
      
   What’s next? That’s unlikely to sit well with Democrats who’ve pressed for   
   a full investigation, including public hearings.   
      
   Rogers and other leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services and   
   Intelligence panels met last week with U.S. Special Operations Command   
   chief Adm. Frank Bradley, who oversaw the strike, and viewed the footage   
   in a classified briefing.   
      
   Some top Republicans argued the video vindicated the administration’s   
   position. House Armed Services top Democrat Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.),   
   meanwhile, said the committee should conduct “a full-scale investigation”   
   that would include hearings and requests for documents.   
      
   Rogers and Smith, along with Senate Armed Services leaders, had previously   
   pledged “rigorous oversight” of the incident following a report by The   
   Washington Post last month.   
      
   Full viewing: But rank-and-file committee members are now poised to see   
   the full video. Rogers said Bradley is set to return next week to brief   
   the full House Armed Services Committee and show them the full video of   
   the strike.   
      
   It’s still an open question whether the video will be made public, as some   
   lawmakers have urged. The Pentagon isn’t yet committing to releasing the   
   uncut footage.   
      
   SOUTHCOM sit down: House and Senate Armed Services leaders also met behind   
   closed doors on Tuesday with U.S. Southern Command head Adm. Alvin Holsey,   
   who abruptly announced in October he’d step down in December despite   
   taking command less than a year ago.   
      
   Though reports indicate Holsey expressed concerns about the legality of   
   strikes against alleged drug boats and was ousted by Defense Secretary   
   Pete Hegseth, Rogers said Holsey told lawmakers his departure is   
   “personal.”   
      
   “He just said that’s private,” Rogers said. “He said it had nothing to do   
   with the operations in his command.”   
      
   Oversight win: Rogers and defense leaders, though, are insisting Hegseth   
   turn over full videos of the U.S. boat strikes in Latin America to   
   Congress as part of their annual defense policy bill.   
      
   The final bill puts Hegseth’s office on notice by withholding a quarter of   
   his office’s travel budget until he turns over unedited footage of the   
   strikes occurring in Southern Command.   
      
   https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/09/congress/its-done-house-   
   armed-services-chair-says-of-his-boat-strike-probe-00684108   
      
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