Live Breaking News & Updates on Defense Secretary Austin Plays Politics Right

AP Photo/Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Last week, Iranian-trained, -equipped, and -directed militia fired a barrage of rockets into the US facility at the al-Asad airbase in Iraq. The rockets caused some damage, resulting in the death of a US citizen working as a contractor for our military.
A barrage of rockets was fired on Wednesday at the Ayn Al Asad air base in Iraq’s western Anbar Province one of the last remaining Iraqi bases where U.S. forces are stationed.
An Iraqi security statement and one released by the Pentagon said 10 rockets were launched toward the sprawling base.
A senior Defense Department official said a U.S. contractor had died of an apparent heart attack during the rocket barrage. Officials in Washington did not identify the group responsible for the attack. ....

United States , Has Iran , Ostane Alborz , West Point , Sistan Va Baluchestan , Johnf Kirby , Al Asad , Casualtiesoftheday Ayei , Lloyd Austin , David Shor Dyshor , Jen Psaki , Joe Biden Defense Department , Defense Department , Oval Office , Ayn Al Asad , Anbar Province , His Enablers Kowtow , Iranian Attacks , American Facilities , Media Covers For Him , Comedy Gold , Kataib Hezbollah , Kata Ib Sayyid , David Shor , Defense Secretary Austin Plays Politics Right , Been Planning ,