India, Sept. 8 -- US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: The latest US-Israel-Iran war developments have raised an uncomfortable question in Washington: what happens when American service members are killed in combat operations but their families are told the mission does not technically qualify as a war?

This question arose in clear focus when widow of 33-year-old U.S. Air Force Major Alex Klinner, Libby Klinner raised an issue on the treatment she received concerning her husband's military benefits. Major Alex Klinner was one of the six crewmembers on a KC-135 refueling plane that had crashed in Western Iraq in March as it supported American efforts in fighting Iran. This is amid the larger conflict that has led to the deaths of 18 U.S. ...