Incursions along the southern border are extremely common & historically do not prompt such airspace closures. In 2024, Air Force Gen. Greg Guillot, the commander of #NORTHCOM, told the #Senate #ArmedServices Cmte that the number of incursions along the #US #Mexico border was “over a thousand” each month.
The #DEA & other US security agencies have used facilities at the Biggs Army Airfield for years as part of efforts to monitor #Mexico based drug #cartel operations.
The bipartisan pressure campaign comes as lawmakers try to get wider access to footage of a Sept 2 “double tap” strike that killed #survivors of an initial attack against a vessel suspected of carrying narcotics. Most lawmakers still haven’t seen the full footage of the strike, although members of the #Senate & #House #ArmedServices panels viewed it behind closed doors Wednesday.
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The annual defense policy bill cleared the chamber in a wide bipartisan vote after it passed the #House last week. #Trump is expected to sign the measure, despite the White House’s misgivings….
The 77-20 vote saw substantial support from #Democrats & #Republicans to push through the $901 billion National Defense Authorization Act [#NDAA], the product of months of negotiations between leaders of the #Senate & House #ArmedServices cmtes.
The #ArmedServices cmtes in both the #Senate & #House have opened fact-finding inquiries into a #US op Sept 2 that killed 11 alleged drug runners, including 2 men who survived the #military’s initial strike on their boat in waters off #Venezuela. Holsey’s interview was expected to cover a range of topics, including the controversial nature of his early retirement & scrutiny of the decision-making on Sept 2…. #LawOfWar experts have questioned if the killing of the 2 survivors was legal.
Reed, speaking to reporters afterward, said that Holsey “described the command relationships” he experienced & was “forthcoming,” though there is “still more to be gleaned.”
#House #ArmedServices Cmte Chair Mike Rogers (AL) & Rep. Adam Smith (WA), the top Democrat on that cmte, scheduled a separate call with Holsey later in the day…
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The top #US #military officer overseeing ops in #LatinAmerica met privately with lawmakers Tues, days before he is due to step down from his position prematurely amid tension with the #Trump admin & its deadly “counternarcotics” campaign there.
Adm #AlvinHolsey, head of #SOUTHCOM, met in a #classified session with #Senate #ArmedServices Cmte Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) & the cmte’s top Democrat, Sen Jack Reed (RI).
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Rep Adam Smith of Washington, the top Democrat on the #House #ArmedServices Cmte, said it was “simply not accurate” that the video of the Sept 2 strike on the boat carrying 11 individuals showed the survivors trying to flip a capsized boat, rescue its cargo & continue trafficking drugs, as Republicans in #Congress have maintained.
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The letter says that thus far the admin "has selectively shared what has at times been contradictory information" with some members, "while excluding others."
Earlier Fri, the Republican chair & ranking Democrat on the #Senate #ArmedServices Cmte released a pair of letters sent to #Hegseth written in late Sept & early Oct requesting DOD's legal rationale for the strikes & a list of drug cartels the #Trump admin has designated terrorist orgs in its justification for use of #military force.
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