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US defense chief vows ‘all necessary actions’ after 3 American troops killed in Jordan
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Screen capture from video of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin provides opening remarks at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, January 23, 2024, from his home in Great Falls, Virginia. (US Department of Defense via AP)
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vows that the United States will take “all necessary actions” to defend US troops, as he expresses outrage and sorrow over a drone attack yesterday by Iran-backed militants that killed three US troops and wounded dozens more.
“Let me start with my outrage and sorrow [for] the deaths of three brave US troops in Jordan and for the other troops who were wounded,” Austin says at the Pentagon, returning today after an illness and hospital stay. “The president and I will not tolerate attacks on US forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend the US and our troops.”
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