Father of killed US military member disputes Hegseth’s claim he said to ‘finish’ the job in Iran
by Richard Luscombe from on (#74CF6)
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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