| Humanitarian Orgs Demand Answers on Yemen War After Hegseth Impeachment Fails With Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth temporarily safe from impeachment, a dozen humanitarian groups are calling on Congress to investigate one of the eight shelved charges lodged against him: his role in the deaths of hundreds of people during the 'unauthorized war in Yemen.' 'We urge members of Congress to conduct robust oversight into Operation Rough Rider and the resulting human toll,' reads a new letter shared exclusively with The Intercept, using the Pentagon's term for its war against Yemen's Houthi government. The 12 groups -- including Airwars, Amnesty International USA, the Center for Civilians in Conflict, and Mwatana for Human Rights -- seize on civilian harm prevention efforts that Hegseth's War Department slashed, demanding 'more information about how and why civilian harm incidents occurred, what lessons the Department learned from these operations, and the status of ongoing civilian harm assessments and investigations.' |
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