Democrats demand answers over treatment of wounded US troops after Iran strike

Congressional Democrats are demanding answers from the Trump administration over the treatment of wounded US soldiers following a March drone strike in Kuwait. According to The Guardian, those troops went more than a week without adequate hospital care during the early days of the US-Israel war on Iran. In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, lawmakers are pressing the Pentagon to explain the delays in medical care, the casualty figures, and how the strike itself was handled—with a deadline of August twelfth for response.

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