The US defence secretary and White House have defended the second strike, but Trump said he would not have wanted it.
The US defence secretary and White House have defended the second strike, but Trump has said he would not have wanted it.
By Elizabeth Melimopoulos
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The Trump administration is facing a political and legal firestorm over reports that its military carried out a second strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea that Washington claims was carrying drugs, after two people survived the initial attack.
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