Quill Lawrence

Admiral Cooper said that one incident at the start of the war is still under investigation to determine if the U.S.

was responsible for an airstrike on an Iranian girls' school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pressed Cooper about other cases.

Cooper said the Pentagon is not investigating any of the other incidents.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

The president's order aimed to create what he called a center for warrior independence on the sprawling VA campus in West Los Angeles.

But at a hearing, Republican Congressman Mike Boss said the administration has blocked oversight with non-disclosure agreements.

Ongoing construction at the campus has taken decades.

The secrecy also worries L.A.

veterans advocate Rob Reynolds.

I want to see President Trump's executive order be successful.

But again, we need to get rid of these nondisclosure agreements.

The administration's budget request funds minimal new housing on the campus.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

CENTCOM posted video on social media showing the massive Iranian tankers as their smokestacks burst into flames from precision U.S.

strikes.

CENTCOM says the tankers were empty and approaching Iranian ports despite the U.S.

blockade.

For its part, Iran continues to effectively block all commerce through the Strait of Hormuz, stopping oil, gas and fertilizer shipping for a significant part of the globe.

This comes after Iran and U.S.