As reported at FOX News. Adm. Mitch Bradley stated that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did not order all survivors of counter-narcotics strikes to be killed, a so-called "Kill the all" order.
Adm. Mitch Bradley confirmed to lawmakers that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did not order all survivors of counter-narcotics strikes to be killed — even as they had mixed opinions on whether the so-called "double tap" strike was justified.
An initial Washington Post report had claimed that Hegseth ordered those in charge of the counter-narcotics strikes to "kill them all," leading Bradley to interpret this as orders to kill remaining survivors.
"The admiral confirmed that there had not been a kill them all order and that there was not an order to grant no quarter," Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, told reporters after a briefing with the admiral.
"Adm. Bradley was very clear that he was given no such order, not to give no quarter or to kill them all," Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said.