Democrats Excluded From Congressional Briefing on Boat Strikes, Warner Says

The Virginia senator said ‘decisions about the use of American military force are not campaign strategy sessions.’

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) speaks during a hearing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Democrats were kept out of an Oct. 30 congressional briefing concerning recent lethal U.S. strikes on Latin American drug traffickers, according to Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.).

Warner, who serves on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, expressed outrage at the alleged partisan snub.