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Damage Control

Dunford: Families,

Americans Deserve

Answers on Niger

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, speaks to reporters about the Niger operation during a briefing at the Pentagon, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017.
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Associated Press day, without being able to must still be resolved. Dunford said the four U.S. He said a group of 12
WASHINGTON (AP) — The provide many himself. They include whether the soldiers died after a battle American forces accom-
American people and Three weeks after the at- U.S. had adequate intelli- that started on Oct. 4 in a panied 30 Nigerien forces
the fallen soldiers’ families tack by presumed Islamic gence and equipment for “complex situation,” lead- to an area about 85 kilo-
deserve answers about a State forces, Marine Corps its operation, whether there ing to a “difficult firefight.” meters north of the capital
deadly ambush in the Af- Gen. Joseph Dunford, the a planning failure and why At a Pentagon news con- on Oct. 3.
rican nation of Niger, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chair- it took so long to recover ference, he tried to outline
top U.S. general said Mon- man, said several matters one the bodies. what the military knows. Continued on Page 3