{"id":326113,"date":"2026-03-14T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pentagon-civilian-protection-unit-slashed-by-hegseth-and-doge-before-iran-war\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T18:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:00:02","slug":"pentagon-civilian-protection-unit-slashed-by-hegseth-and-doge-before-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pentagon-civilian-protection-unit-slashed-by-hegseth-and-doge-before-iran-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon civilian protection unit slashed by Hegseth and DOGE before Iran War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/8f6XOwV-JBs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Pentagon civilian protection unit slashed by Hegseth and DOGE before Iran War\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8f6XOwV-JBs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon now admits one of its missiles could have been responsible for a strike on a school in Southern Iran that killed at least 165 people &#8211; the majority of them primary school-aged girls.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary findings point to &#8216;outdated intelligence&#8217; as the cause of the erroneous strike. <\/p>\n<p>But tonight, a former Pentagon official tells this programme the failure was not just technical, but political. <\/p>\n<p>He claims that in the rush to slash &#8216;woke&#8217; spending and jobs, the very department designed to ensure civilian safety was decimated. <\/p>\n<p>Our Technology and Science editor Siobhan Kennedy reports.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon now admits one of its missiles could have been responsible for a strike on a school in Southern Iran that killed at least 165 people &#8211; the majority of them primary school-aged girls. 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