New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- US President Donald Trump during Tuesday's (December 2) Cabinet meeting, expressed support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, saying he is "doing a great job," amid ongoing scrutiny over Pentagon operations targeting alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, including one vessel that was struck twice, as acknowledged by the White House.

As the first Cabinet member to speak, Hegseth reaffirmed the Pentagon's commitment to striking alleged narco-boats.

"As I've said and will say again, we've only just begun striking narco-boats and putting narco-terrorists at the bottom of the ocean," Hegseth said. "Because they have been poisoning the American people. And Joe Biden tried to approach it with kid gloves."

The Defense secr...