Senate Democrats probe attack that killed 6 US service members in Kuwait amid Iran war

A group of Senate Democrats are investigating an early March attack on U.S. troops stationed in Kuwait, where six service members were killed and another 20 were injured amid the U.S. war with Iran. 

The four Democrats — Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) and Mark Kelly (Ariz.), who are all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee — are probing whether the Pentagon did enough to protect the troops who came under Iranian drone attack on March 1. 

“Secretary Hegseth sent our troops to fight in Iran, refused to take basic steps to protect them, and then tried to cover up his failures when service members died. Hegseth’s leadership has been one betrayal after another — he must be held accountable,” Warren, who led the four-page letter addressed to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, said in a statement. 

The letter came after several members of the unit spoke with CBS News about the........

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