Pentagon Revises Iran War Troop Death Count Lower

U.S. troop death numbers for the Iran war appeared reduced on the Pentagon website with conflicting explanations from officials. Defense Secretary Hegseth removed the names of 4 servicemembers who died in Jordan from the published count.

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The Pentagon lowered its reported U.S. troop death toll from the Iran war from 18 to 14, then gave conflicting explanations for the change. Three military officials said four troops killed after Trump

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The Pentagon lowered its reported U.S. troop death toll from the Iran war from 18 to 14, then gave conflicting explanations for the change. Three military officials said four troops killed after Trump declared a cease-fire (three in Jordan, one in Iraq) were removed because their deaths occurred after the cease-fire announcement. Pentagon spokesman Joel Valdez instead blamed the change on temporar