What happened
The US War Secretary, Pete Hegseth, has denied a report by the Washington Post that the number of American fatalities in the Iran war is higher than the Pentagon has publicly disclosed. Hegseth stated that the US military would not and could not hide combat deaths, citing the value placed on the lives of service members.
A Washington Post report claimed that at least 22 troops have died since the war with Iran began in February, which is four more than the 18 listed in the Pentagon's public Defense Casualty Analysis System. Hegseth denounced the story as a
