Rep. Bacon on Boat-Strike Report: ‘Get Facts First’

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., urged caution Sunday amid allegations that War Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered U.S. forces to “kill everybody” aboard a suspected drug-smuggling boat during a Sept. 2 interdiction operation.

Bacon, a retired Air Force brigadier general and a moderate Republican, told ABC’s “This Week” that while the report is troubling, Congress must establish the facts before drawing conclusions.

“It is a big concern,” Bacon said. “Now, Secretary Hegseth denies it. We should get to the truth.”

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