The costs of war
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Another US soldier killed. Gas prices climb.
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A seventh American service member has died in the ongoing war with Iran, the U.S. military said on Sunday, more than a week after the conflict began. In Iran, the death toll from U.S.-Israeli strikes has exceeded 1,300, according to the Iranian Red Crescent. In Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Minister said on March 8 that nearly 400 people have been killed by Israeli strikes.
In an interview that aired on March 8, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told "60 Minutes" that "there will be more casualties" in the war in Iran.
Is an end in sight? Trump said that he is not interested in negotiations. Instead, he raised the possibility that the war would continue until the Middle East country no longer has a military or leadership. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said rising oil prices are a "small price to pay" in the war in Iran as crude oil prices surged past $100 per barrel on Sunday.
President Donald Trump has said other countries should send ships to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. NATO and others seem hesitant about the Iran war.
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