A group of US senators has demanded a congressional hearing into the toll the war on Iran is taking on American troops, citing severe logistical failures and indefinite deployment extensions across naval ships and regional bases.
The 12 senators, all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to committee chairman Roger Wicker requesting a public hearing with Defense Department leadership regarding the “poor planning and mismanagement of extended deployments” and the resulting impact on service personnel.
In the letter, led by Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth, lawmakers highlighted the “dwindling supplies and deteriorating conditions onboard numerous ships and across bases in the region”, such as on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed in the Middle East for nearly nine months, with reports of a dire mental health crisis among the crew.
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