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U.S. oversight intensifies after White House declines to detail threat posed by survivors of contested Caribbean boat strike

U.S. oversight intensifies after White House declines to detail threat posed by survivors of contested Caribbean boat strike

WASHINGTON — The White House on Monday deflected repeated questions about whether survivors of a September naval strike in the Caribbean posed an imminent threat to the United States, even as reporting over the weekend intensified scrutiny of the legal rationale and command decisions behind a controversial follow-on attack. Officials defended
Nick Ravenshade