The Pentagon released the names of the three soldiers who were killed in Jordan after a drone struck a base near the border with Syria.
The service members were identified as Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia; Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia; and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia.
President Joe Biden said the troops were killed by “radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq" and an investigation has been launched into the incident.
The deaths at a base in Jordan yesterday are the first in months of attacks by Iran-backed militants since the Israel-Hamas war began, though Iran sought to distance itself from the strike.
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Biden is still "working through options" after he vowed to retaliate for the drone attack, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told NBC's “TODAY” show.
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