Lutnick ‘misspoke’ when he said no US soldiers have died in Iran war

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Trending on The Hill - September 3, 2026

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick apologized Thursday for saying on television that no Americans had died in the war with Iran, saying he was thinking about Venezuela.

“I misspoke. 18 members of our ​military have died, and to those families ⁠my heart breaks and I am so ​very sorry for their loss. I was thinking ​about the Venezuelan military operation where no service members died,” Lutnick said in a post on the social platform X.

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