The Pentagon says 25-year-old U.S. soldier Weston Lee died in an explosion outside Mosul, Iraq, on Saturday—marking the third death of a U.S. soldier in the last week. On Friday, the Pentagon released the names of two Army Rangers killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday: 22-year-old Joshua Rodgers and 23-year-old Cameron Thomas. This comes as 300 U.S. marines have been deployed to Afghanistan’s Helmand province, marking the first redeployment of U.S. troops to the area since 2014. The White House is considering sending an additional 5,000 U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan.
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