The US admiral whose strikes on an alleged drug-running boat have drawn bipartisan scrutiny and prompted accusations of possible war crimes told lawmakers on Thursday he was not ordered to kill everyone on board.
The assurance by Admiral Frank Bradley, confirmed by key lawmakers from both parties, that there was no “kill all” order appeared to tamp down GOP pushback on the Sept. 2 strikes even as Democrats expressed alarm by what they heard and saw in the classified briefing.
The Washington Post