Overview
- Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Joint Chiefs Chair Dan Caine attended the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base.
- Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, died Sunday from injuries sustained in a March 1 attack at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, becoming the seventh U.S. fatality in the Iran conflict.
- The president’s public schedule showed him at his Doral, Florida golf club for the House Republicans’ policy retreat and in transit to Washington during the transfer.
- A White House statement from spokesperson Olivia Wales praised the fallen and said the administration welcomed them home and grieved with their families.
- Fox News apologized for mistakenly airing archival footage during coverage of the recent Dover ceremony, citing a video sourcing error.