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Reigns supreme. the national defense strategy as identified as our number one priority. secretary austin i want to follow up on the august 29th drone strike and general mckenzie on the 17th again gave i guess a central command investigation report which described it as a tragic mistake. you also that day announced there was going to be a d.o.d. follow-up investigation. can you tell us what is the difference between what you described and what cent com did and when can we expect to see results from that investigation that you described? >> i directed a three star review of the incident and cert...

Adequately provide oversight to what occurred on august 29th. what we know from your prior statements is that you did not know who it was who was in the car, whose house it was or who or how many people were in the house. this greatly concerns me as we look to the overthe horizon claims that the administration has of its ability for counter terrorism. you did not as your goal was stated thwart or disrupt and imminent attack. you killed an innocent man and an attack didn't happen. serious questions concerning the information you had and the manner of the execution. i would ask it be released to...

20,698 maimd and injuryd and wounded. i'm perplexd and thank you for being here. during the testimony, general mckenzie you were asked when you knew the drone strike on august 29th had gone tragically wrong, yes or no, you said five or six hours later you learned that, is that correct? >> when we learned civilians had been killed. >> so it went wrong? >> i did not say that. >> i said when we learned civilians had been killed. >> would you consider that righteous strike? >> we took the strike based on the belief the vehicle was going to be used in an attack against us. >> we knew people who sho...

Provide oversight to what occurred on august 29th. what we know from your prior statements, you did not know, who was in the car, whose house it was, or who or how many people were in the house. this greatly concerns me as we look to the over the horizon claims that the administration has of its ability for counterterrorism. you did not, as your goal was stated, thwart or disrupt an innocent attack, you killed an innocent man, and yet an attack didn't happen. there are serious concerns regarding the information you had and the manner in which the execution occurred. i request that it would be ...

Defense strategy has identified as our number one priority. secretary austin, i just want to follow up on the august 29th drone strike and general mckenzie on the 17th, again, gave, i guess an central command investigation report which described it as a tragic mistake. you also that day announced that there was going to be a dod followup investigation. can you tell us what is the difference between what you described and what sentcom did, and when we can expect to see results from that investigation you described? >> well, i directed a three-star review of the incident, and certainly it will t...