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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Top U.S. General Gives Few Answers on U.S. Soldiers Killed in Niger [Watch (HLS stream): Top U.S. General Gives Few Answers on U.S. Soldiers Killed in Niger](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oAfgUuFD.m3u8) (1:45)  _Published 2017-10-23. The top U.S. general says the American people, including the families of the fallen soldiers in Niger, deserve answers about this month's deadly ambush._ --- Jul 27, 2023 10:51 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Pentagon Blames Team, Training and Commanders for Niger Ambush That Killed 4 U.S. Soldiers](/video/bAwO1rPt/) ### Pentagon Blames Team, Training and Commanders for Niger Ambush That Killed 4 U.S. Soldiers [The Defense Department Is Looking Into Why Four U.S. Soldiers Died in Niger](/video/e5PD6ASH/) ### The Defense Department Is Looking Into Why Four U.S. Soldiers Died in Niger [Three U.S. Army Commandos Have Been Killed in Niger](/video/7sXuDL8T/) ### Three U.S. Army Commandos Have Been Killed in Niger --- ## Transcript [ UNKNOWN ] 3rd of October, as I mentioned, US forces accompanied that Nigerian unit on a reconnaissance mission to gather information. Mid morning on October 4th, the patrol began to take fire as they were returning to their operating base. Approximately one hour after taking fire, the team requested support, and within minutes a remotely piloted aircraft arrived overhead. Within an hour, French mirage jets arrived on station, and then later that afternoon, French attack helicopters arrived on station, and a Nigerian quick reaction force arrived in the area. Where are troupes were in contact with the enemy. They were in a firefight, two US soldiers were wounded, and evacuated by French Air, to Miami. And I was consistent with the casualty evacuation plan that was in place for this particular operation. Three US soldiers who were killed in action were evacuated on the evening of 4 October and at that time Sergeant La David Johnson was still missing. On the evening of 6 October Sergeant Johnson's body was found and subsequently evacuated. Now many of you have asked a number of questions. And those are all, and many of them are fair questions and we owe you more information. More importantly, we owe the families that have fallen more information. And that's what the investigation is designed to identify. When this information is finally available, the first thing we're gonna do Is go visit the families in their homes should they welcome us. And we will have a team go in of experts. And I've done this personally myself several times. A team of experts go into the family and share them all the facts there. ... available as a result of the investigation and give them an opportunity to ask questions. 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