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Senate Democrats probing if DOD ‘failed to protect’ six US troops killed in Kuwait

Four Democratic senators are investigating accusations that the Pentagon was unprepared for an Iranian attack on U.S. forces in Kuwait that killed six service members.  Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ)

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Senate Democrats probing if DOD ‘failed to protect’ six US troops killed in KuwaitFour Democratic senators are investigating accusations that the Pentagon was unprepared for an Iranian attack on U.S. forces in Kuwait that killed six service members.  Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
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