Duckworth push: unify Iran war casualty tally amid Pentagon reclassifications

Sen. Tammy Duckworth and fellow Democrats plan a bill to stop the Pentagon from resetting Iran-war casualty tallies by reclassifying deaths and injuries under a new “Overseas Operations” label, instead requiring a single Iran-war casualty count and notification to next-of-kin for corrections. The move follows the Pentagon’s shift that critics say obscures the human toll and tests the boundaries of the War Powers Resolution. As of the reporting, 18 U.S. troops had been killed and at least 689 wounded since the conflict began, a tally the bill seeks to standardize across all casualty records.