Amy McGrath
Role at the time: Retired Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and former Democratic Senate candidate, in a post on X
Statement summary
Amy McGrath said six soldiers were killed in Kuwait after warnings that their facility was vulnerable to a drone attack, and that the Army finished its review in June but had not released it.
“Six American soldiers were killed in Kuwait after warnings that their facility was vulnerable to a drone attack. The Army finished its review in June—and still hasn’t released it.”
McGrath's own post on her X account, quoting the AP's post about its October 5 report.
Why we used this label
The case asks whether the military failed the troops wounded in the March 1 drone strike at Port Shuaiba, in protecting them and in caring for them afterward. McGrath says the soldiers were killed "after warnings that their facility was vulnerable to a drone attack" and faults the Army for not releasing its review. That criticizes how the military protected the troops and handled the aftermath, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional; it loses because the post contains no defense of the military's conduct.