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As the Iran War Escalates, Is the U.S. Hiding Its Toll?

As the Iran War Escalates, Is the U.S. Hiding Its Toll?

The Daily vor 2 Monaten

Officials said dozens of U.S. service members have been injured in the war this month. The Pentagon said it didn’t initially disclose the injuries to protect operational security.

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The war in Iran has recently escalated in dangerous new ways,
drawing in Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as the Trump
administration reeled from the Iranian killing of U.S. service
members in Jordan.

Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent for The New York
Times, discusses the latest attacks, and how they’ve coincided
with a decision by the U.S. military to disclose less about the
war.

Guest: Eric Schmitt, a national security
correspondent for The New York Times based in Washington.

Background reading:

The Pentagon has identified two U.S. soldiers who were killed
in an Iranian attack in Jordan.

The Pentagon withheld dozens of U.S. military injuries in the
war in Iran.

Read live updates on the war.

Photo: Salwan Georges for The New York Times

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