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Trump and first lady attend dignified transfer for 6 US troops killed in Kuwait

President Trump attended the solemn transfer of six U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in a drone strike in Kuwait, marking the first such event since the US-Israel campaign began.

  • On Saturday, President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attended a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, honoring six U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed on March 1 in a drone strike in Kuwait.
  • Killed in a drone strike at Port Shuaiba, the soldiers' deaths came one day after the U.S.-Israel military campaign began, marking escalating hostilities in the second week.
  • The six soldiers included Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, Capt. Cody A. Khork, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert M. Marzan, Maj. Jeffrey R. O'Brien, Sgt. Class Noah L. Tietjens, and Sgt. Declan J. Coady, all from the 103rd Sustainment Command in Des Moines, who served in logistics and were killed earlier this week during a drone strike in Kuwait.
  • As is protocol, President Trump saluted but did not speak during the transfer, with Vice President J.D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attending, and Governor Tim Walz ordered flags at half-staff.
  • With the war entering its second week, the transfer marked the first U.S. combat deaths since U.S.-Israel operations against Iran last week, and U.S. embassies urged Americans to leave.
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The president sets up a reception at the foot of the track of the coffins of the military fallen in the Gulf and states that "it is part of the war, it is a sad part of the war"

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