Dem pressure builds for answers on Trump’s Caribbean strikes, commander's sudden exit

Democrats are demanding answers on President Donald Trump’s crusade against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, as the number of strikes continues to rise and the military commander overseeing U.S. operations in the region announced his retirement. While Trump claims that the strikes are necessary to put drug traffickers and cartels "on notice" and has warned them he will blow them "out of existence," lawmakers are increasingly demanding more oversight and evidence backing up the legality of the strikes. As a result, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith of W