I have spoke to Secretary Hexeth. I have been briefed on this. I haven't reviewed the documents yet. We plan on doing that today. But I do understand that This was a proactive strike that was well within the authority of the president and within international Waters Bill to go after these terrorist organizations. And once again, we haven't seen the video of it yet. If there was a second strike, it wouldn't be to just simply, you know, take out the survivors is because there was still a threat or an opportunity for them to run. (03:23–03:37)
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