WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Following U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth's (D-IL) push, the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG), as the Lead OIG on the war, released its first quarterly watchdog report on Operation Epic Fury after Duckworth called for and then secured Inspector General (IG) oversight of Donald Trump's costly, illegal war against Iran. The report details how the first four months of this war, ending in June, cost American taxpayers a whopping $33.7 billion dollars-including $22 billion spent on munitions alone and $184 million in damages from Iranian strikes on U.S. diplomatic facilities in the Middle East.

"For the first time in ne...