Pentagon's 10-Week Briefing Silence as Iran War Casualties Rise

Pentagon's 10-Week Briefing Silence as Iran War Casualties Rise

The Pentagon hasn't held a formal press briefing in over 10 weeks during the Iran war, now in its fifth month. Eighteen US troops have been killed and roughly 430 injured. Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who briefed weekly during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, called the silence a deliberate effort to withhold information from the American people.

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