00:00I have a theory on why Donald Trump tried to kick reporters out of the White House.
00:05Just recently, media outlets exposed that the Trump administration was lying.
00:11More U.S. troops had died in the Iran war than the Pentagon had publicly disclosed,
00:16and that's really shameful.
00:18And that same day, Trump banned CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House.
00:24See the problem?
00:25Donald Trump doesn't get to ban the media outlets he doesn't like from the White House.
00:30Because they're asking questions he doesn't want to answer.
00:33It's unconstitutional, and it's just plain wrong.
00:37We all need to keep paying attention to what's going on here.
00:41We can't just look away.
01:05The Pentagon's public casualty count says 18 U.S. service members have died since the Iranians'
01:12Iran war began, but a new Washington Post report says the real number could be significantly higher.
01:19According to five U.S. officials familiar with the Defense Department's internal casualty data,
01:25at least 22 American service members have died since February 28th,
01:30four more than the Pentagon's public database currently shows.
01:34A sixth official put the number at 23.
01:36The officials spoke anonymously, and the details surrounding the additional deaths,
01:42including identities, locations, and circumstances, have not been publicly disclosed.
01:47The Washington Post also reported that three U.S. contractors based in the region
01:52have died since combat operations began.
01:55The Pentagon declined to address the reported discrepancy.
01:59Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, however, strongly rejected the report,
02:03calling it a complete lie and disgusting and fake.
02:07Reuters also reported Hegseth's denial.
02:10The Pentagon's public defense casualty analysis system currently lists 14 deaths under Operation Epic Fury
02:18and another four under a separate overseas operations category,
02:23bringing the publicly reported total to 18.
02:26The Washington Post says the classification became an issue after fighting resumed following a ceasefire,
02:33with later deaths placed under the separate overseas operations category.
02:38There is also a broader question about service members who died in the Middle East
02:43while supporting missions not officially classified as part of the Iran War.
02:47Two publicly identified examples are Major Sorfli Davias, who died in Kuwait in March,
02:54and Sergeant Devin Seibel, who died in Iraq in May during a training incident.
03:00Their deaths are not included in the Iran war tally on the public casualty database, according to the Post.
03:06And this is not the first controversy surrounding the Pentagon's casualty reporting.
03:11Earlier this year, four U.S. service members killed during the conflict
03:16were temporarily removed from the public casualty database
03:19before later appearing under the separate overseas operations category.
03:24The Pentagon attributed that earlier episode to data and classification issues.
03:29Meanwhile, the public database says more than 820 U.S. service members
03:35have been wounded since the conflict began,
03:37with many suffering traumatic brain injuries from attacks on U.S. basis.
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