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H.R. McMaster: Details of Niger attack ‘will come out’

By Sarah Bedford

Published October 19, 2017 6:53pm ET

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H.R. McMaster: Details of Niger attack ‘will come out’ — "The Defense Department will describe what the mission and the combat requirements were of that action and of the deaths of that soldier, and all of that will come out," national security adviser said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) | Carolyn Kaster

Details about an attack in Niger on Oct. 4 that claimed the lives of four U.S. soldiers will emerge after a Pentagon investigation, national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Thursday.

“The Defense Department will describe what the mission and the combat requirements were of that action and of the deaths of that soldier, and all of that will come out,” McMaster said at an event hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracy.

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