Vance and Hegseth met the body of the seventh U.S. soldier killed in the attack on Iran

US Vice President Jay Dee Vance and Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth met the body of another American soldier killed in the attack on Iran. This was announced on March 10 by the White House press service.

"The Vice President is present at the solemn ceremony of handing over the body of Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, a soldier of the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command who died during Operation Epic Fury," the White House said in a post on its Facebook page. Twitter).

The ceremony was held at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

CNN adds that 26-year-old Pennington served in the 1st Space Battalion of the 1st Space Brigade and was seriously injured during the Iranian attack on an airbase in Saudi Arabia on March 1.

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What does this change in the situation in the Middle East, how did Trump react, and what does Kiev have to do with it?

On March 3, the Central Command of the US Armed Forces (CENTCOM) reported six dead American soldiers during an operation in the Middle East.

Later, on March 8, CENTCOM reported that the number of American servicemen who have died since the beginning of the US operation against Iran has increased to seven. It was clarified that one of the dead belonged to a unit stationed in Saudi Arabia.

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