WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today pressed the Department of Defense to provide answers to the American people regarding the airstrikes on a school and civilian casualties in Iran.
Trump's Defense Department airstrikes on a girls' elementary school reportedly killed 168 people - mostly children - in Minab, Iran, during the opening attack from the United States and Israel on February 28.
In their letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the senators underscored, "There must be a swift investigation into the strikes on this school and any other potential U.S. military actions causing civilian harm, and the findings must be released to the public as s...