‘Shameful’: Pentagon accused of cover-up over US military casualties in Iran war

Per the Guardian, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has accused the Pentagon of taking what he calls a shameful approach to releasing information about United States military casualties in the Iran war. The Defense Department hasn't held a press briefing in two and a half months. Officials face accusations of deliberately withholding casualty figures to avoid public backlash ahead of November's midterm elections—what Panetta describes as hiding the true cost of the Trump administration's conflict.

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