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Democrats demand answers over treatment of wounded US troops after Iran strike
Lawmakers question delays in medical care, casualty figures and Pentagon’s handling of drone attack in Kuwait
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The Trump administration is facing growing demands to explain why wounded US soldiers went more than a week without adequate hospital care after a March drone strike in Kuwait, just days into the US-Israel war on Iran.
In a letter to the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, congressional Democrats urged the Pentagon to answer their questions – which include why the Pentagon’s public casualty count for the war with Iran briefly changed – by 12 August.
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Joseph Gedeon in Washington · Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 7:58 AM
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Lawmakers question delays in medical care, casualty figures and Pentagon’s handling of drone attack in Kuwait
The Trump administration is facing growing demands to explain why wounded US soldiers went more than a week without adequate hospital care after a March drone strike in Kuwait, just days into the US-Israel war on Iran.
In a letter to the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, congressional Democrats urged the Pentagon to answer their questions – which include why the Pentagon’s public casualty count for the war with Iran briefly changed – by 12 August.
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