White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says during a press conference that the commander who ordered the attack acted within the law.
The attack, which took place on September 2 in the Caribbean Sea, has made headlines in the United States after reports emerged that the second attack was intended to kill the survivors of the first.
Admiral Bradley acted within his authority and the law when he led the operation to ensure the boat was destroyed and the threat to the United States was eliminated, Leavitt said.
Before the attack, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had given a verbal order that everyone on board would be killed, two sources with insight into The Washington Post reported.
Politicians from both parties have demanded that Congress investigate the incident.
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would investigate the matter but that he has confidence in Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
