WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON-U.S.Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined 45 of his Senate colleagues indemandingafull accounting of the costs of the ongoing war with Iran.Theletter alsocriticizedthe Department of Defense for withholding basic budget information from Congress and the American public even as U.S. casualties and taxpayer costs continue to increase.
The United States is now morethan six months into a conflict PresidentTrumpinitially said would last six weeks. EighteenAmerican servicemembers have been killed and more than 820 wounded,andover 50,000 troopsarecurrently deployed to the Middle East.In the letter, the senatorsnote that deployments,including for the USS Lincoln...