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  "id": 5344415,
  "title": "Lutnick apologizes for saying no Americans have died in Iran war",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/lutnick-apologizes-for-saying-no-americans-have-died-in-iran-war",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T13:46:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/lutnick-apologizes-saying-no-americans-have-died-iran-war"
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  "summary": "WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick apologized on Thursday for stating that no Americans had died in the Iran war, acknowledging that 18 service members have been killed and he was thinking about Venezuela when he made the mistaken statement. \"I misspoke. Eighteen members of our military have died, and to those families my heart breaks and I am so very sorry for…",
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        "published": "2026-09-02T22:33:34.000Z"
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        "published": "2026-09-03T14:32:16.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/this-is-great-trump-lauds-syria-pitching-itself-as-alternative-to",
        "published": "2026-09-03T17:08:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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