Joey Amor, whose wife was killed by an Iranian drone in Kuwait, asked Vice President JD Vance on Saturday night who will be held accountable for what he called "fundamental failures" that led to her death. The exchange aired during CBS News' town hall in Michigan, hosted by anchor Tony Dokoupil.
Master Sgt. Nicole Amor, an Army Reserve soldier from Minnesota, was one of six soldiers killed when an Iranian drone hit a U.S. site in Kuwait on March 1, a day after the U.S. began striking Iran. It remains the deadliest attack on U.S. forces in the war.
"Though the Iranian drone was the weapon that killed my wife, there were a lot of mistakes and a lot of fundamental failures that led up to that," Amor said. "There's a failure in the leadership. And I want to know how this administration is gonna start holding those leaders accountable."
Vance called Nicole Amor "a precious human being who served her country honorably" and said he wanted to hear about any failures. "If there were failures, and I don't doubt there were," he said, this was "literally the first time I've heard of this." He admitted that as vice president "you live in a bit of a bubble" and information "doesn't filter up to me."
Vance said the military has changed its tactics against cheap drones, and that where troops were placed was "a huge mistake" that has been fixed. He gave no details, saying Iran could learn from them. He promised to "figure out what exactly happened," and said he would talk with Amor and the soldiers off camera.
As of early Sunday, the White House and the Pentagon had not announced any further steps.
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