Article 74CF6 Father of killed US military member disputes Hegseth’s claim he said to ‘finish’ the job in Iran

Father of killed US military member disputes Hegseth’s claim he said to ‘finish’ the job in Iran

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Richard Luscombe
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Defense secretary had said relatives of service members killed in refueling tanker crash told him do not stop until the job is done'

The father of a US military member killed in the Iran war has contradicted Pete Hegseth's claim that bereaved families urged him to finish" the job in the Middle East.

Hegseth, the defense secretary and a former weekend Fox News host, told reporters at a Pentagon briefing on Thursday that he had spoken with relatives of all six service members killed in last week's refueling tanker crash during a dignified transfer" of their remains at Delaware's Dover air force station the night before.

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