The investigation will be an effort "to get all the facts correct," an administration official familiar with the review has told CNN. Dustin Wright died as a result of the October 4 attack, after helping local forces in Niger combat terrorists. One official told CNN that ISIS is attempting to illegally infiltrate the gold mining industry in Niger to sell on the black market and finance world terrorism. Commenting for the first time Monday on the attack, Trump said he had written letters to those families over the weekend and they were being sent out that night. Military officials launched an urgent search-and-rescue mission after receiving electronic signals that indicated Johnson might be alive in the field.

Source: CNN October 19, 2017 03:45 UTC