As the Iran War Escalates, Is the U.S. Hiding Its Toll?

The war in Iran has recently escalated in dangerous new ways, drawing in Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as the Trump administration reeled from the Iranian killing of U.S. service members in Jordan.

Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the latest attacks, and how they’ve coincided with a decision by the U.S. military to disclose less about the war.

Guest: Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent for The New York Times based in Washington.

Background reading: 

• The Pentagon has identified two U.S. soldiers who were killed in an Iranian attack in Jordan.
• The Pentagon withheld dozens of U.S. military injuries in the war in Iran.
• Read live updates on the war.

Photo: Salwan Georges for The New York Times

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