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Pentagon insists on clouding the number of injured and killed US service people

Jason Weisberger
Mar 13, 2026
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Whiskey Pete doesn’t want to use the very clear statistics of Wounded in Action or Killed in Action; he wants to find clarity through doublespeak. Watch as he and one of his generals dodge a pretty simply question:

“Clarify those numbers” by not offering them; instead, tell us that most injuries are minor. The White House has complained about journalists…

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