Amid Niger ambush chaos, the White House first thought several Americans were missing
By Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung October 25 at 7:09 PM
Hours after they first learned of a deadly ambush on U.S. forces in Niger, senior officials in the White House believed that several American soldiers might be missing, according to a senior official familiar with the operation.
The White House did not officially receive word that three American bodies had been recovered, and that one soldier remained missing, until at least eight hours after the attack had begun on the morning of Oct. 4, Washington time.
President Trump was given updates throughout the day but was not given a full briefing on the situation by his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, until the following morning. “The initial report was more than one person missing and a number of people wounded,” the official said. “It was very confusing.”
The confusion and delays in receiving and transmitting information between field commanders, through the U.S. Africa Command in Germany, to the Pentagon and then to the White House underscores the chaotic nature of the firefight. More broadly, it illustrates the difficulty of determining facts on faraway battlefields. In this case, the lack of firm information over so long a period was especially striking to those on the receiving end.
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When Hillary did not receive or act on information instantaneously it was nefarious and a criminal cover-up. IOKIYAR!
I'm still waiting for the national press conference for trump to stand solemnly before the American people to explain what happened and take responsibility for the deaths.
Haha... I dream. 
