Hegseth has been in the hot air after the attack, where the US military followed up an attack with a second shelling of the boat when it was found that two people had survived the first.
A 29-second video from the September 2 incident has been released, but it does not show the second drone attack.
"Of course, we will not release a top-secret uncut video of the entire process to the public," Hegseth says now, after previously signaling that a release could occur.
On Tuesday, he and Secretary of State Marcio Rubio were questioned by the Senate and House of Representatives about the many attacks on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans this fall. More than 20 boats that the US says are smuggling drugs have been destroyed and at least 95 people have been killed.
The operations have been criticized, especially the deadly double attack in September. The procedure then has been sharply criticized by lawyers and former military personnel, who believe it constitutes a violation of international law and possibly even a war crime. This is because the two were considered to lack the means to defend themselves.
