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Task and Purpose: Actual Conflict Injuries In The Iranian Conflict Zone
Task and Purpose: Actual Conflict Injuries In The Iranian Conflict Zone
Posted on by Tom Novak

How does the Pentagon record those service members injured in combat? Recently, the Pentagon changed the classification of military members serving in the Iranian conflict zone; why?

Senior Reporter from Task & Purpose Patty Nieberg joins The Morning Update to dicuess the concerns about how conflict-related injury data is collected and reported. How many USA Military Services have actually been injured while serving in the Iranian Conflict Zone?

Patty also shares her story of how the National Guard will spend $290 million on apartments for Washington troops.

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