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White House: Admiral Ordered Follow-Up Strike on Drug Boat, Attack Was Lawful

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday defended a second strike on a drug boat in the Caribbean Sea carried out on Sept. 2, amid growing scrutiny of the military operation.

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