The D Brief: A narrower natsec focus; ‘Pigpen-like mess’ at DOD; DC Guard deployment extended; Shutdown sets record; And a bit more.

Another boat attack. The U.S. military killed two more people in an alleged drug-trafficking boat in an unspecified location off the Pacific coast of Latin America, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday with an 18-second video posted to Twitter. “No U.S. forces were harmed in the strike, and two male narco-terrorists—who were aboard the vessel—were killed,” Hegseth said. To date, at least 66 people have been killed in 16 strikes on 17 typically small boa