US Pentagon chief says won't release 'full' footage of Venezuela boat strike

By Diyar Guldogan

WASHINGTON (AA) - US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that he had no plan to release the "full, unedited" footage of a Sept. 2 second strike on an alleged drug boat off the coast of Venezuela.

"In keeping with long standing Department of War policy, Department of Defense policy, of course we're not going to release a top secret, full, unedited video of that to the general public," Hegseth told reporters on Capitol Hill.

His remarks came after he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended a classified briefing with senators on the latest developments in the Caribbean.