Pete Buttigieg on US soldiers killed in Iran conflictFormer Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who served as a Navy officer, spoke to CNN’s Jake Tapper about the loss of US service members in the Iran conflict. “When you prepare to go to war, the thing you most dread is your family being the ones to get that knock on the door,” he said. “More than a dozen American families have now gotten that knock on the door.”

Source: CNN March 16, 2026 16:01 UTC