Video: Hegseth Says He Did Not See Survivors in September Boat Strike

“I watched that first strike live. As you can imagine at the Department of War, we got a lot of things to do. So I didn’t stick around for the hour and two hours, whatever, where all the sensitive site exploitation digitally occurs. So I moved on to my next meeting. A couple of hours later, I learned that that commander had made the — which he had the complete authority to do. And by the way, Admiral Bradley made the correct decision to ultimately sink the boat and eliminate the threat.” Reporter: “So you didn’t see any survivors, to be clear, after that first strike? You personally?” “I did not personally see survivors, but I stand — Because the thing was on fire. It was exploded and fire or smoke, you can’t see anything, you got digital, there’s — This is called the fog of war.”