15:I[66739,["/_next/static/chunks/0kktebtcs1htf.js?dpl=dpl_BypJS92VjRNoPRbChhh126pTmNUB","/_next/static/chunks/00yc4h63rurg4.js?dpl=dpl_BypJS92VjRNoPRbChhh126pTmNUB","/_next/static/chunks/01b21njbdx~~m.js?dpl=dpl_BypJS92VjRNoPRbChhh126pTmNUB","/_next/static/chunks/0kn25ki6~d.3~.js?dpl=dpl_BypJS92VjRNoPRbChhh126pTmNUB","/_next/static/chunks/166.u_60qj09..js?dpl=dpl_BypJS92VjRNoPRbChhh126pTmNUB","/_next/static/chunks/174-a_qls6cvj.js?dpl=dpl_BypJS92VjRNoPRbChhh126pTmNUB","/_next/static/chunks/0z~br_s19yb5~.js?dpl=dpl_BypJS92VjRNoPRbChhh126pTmNUB"],"default"] 17:I[38632,["/_next/static/chunks/0qqtp3r0h7kah.js?dpl=dpl_BypJS92VjRNoPRbChhh126pTmNUB","/_next/static/chunks/0iukvycbd42rl.js?dpl=dpl_BypJS92VjRNoPRbChhh126pTmNUB"],"IconMark"] 16:T4c1,President Trump attended the dignified transfer on Wednesday of four U.S. soldiers killed in the Iran war. We discuss how the latest casualties affect the politics of the war, and how Congress took Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s request for billions more in funding for the war.

This episode: senior political correspondent Tamara Keith, national security correspondent Quil Lawrence, and White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez.

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As casualties rise, do the politics of the Iran war change?

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As casualties rise, do the politics of the Iran war change?