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109 U.S. Service Members Diagnosed With Brain Injuries After Iran Strike

The Defense Department says 45 more U.S. service members have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries after Iran’s attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq last month — raising the total number of troops injured in the ballistic missile strike to 109.

President Trump initially said no American troops were hurt in that attack.

Here & Now’s Robin Young speaks with Paul Rieckhoff (@paulrieckhoff), founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and host of the Angry Americans podcast.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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