US says it is not seeking war with Iran after troops killed in drone attack

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby says the US is not looking for a war with Iran or seeking to escalate tensions in the Middle East. It’s as US defense secretary Lloyd Austin has vowed to take “all necessary actions” to defend US troops after Iran-backed militants killed three US soldiers and wounded dozens more in a drone attack on a US base in Jordan. The soldiers killed in the attack were identified as specialists Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, and Sergeant William Jerome Rivers, 46
Pentagon vows ‘all necessary actions’ to defend US troops after deadly strike