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A Timeline - And Questions - About The Niger Firefight That Killed U.S. Troops

NPR: Amid growing political fallout, the Department of Defense has put forward a timeline for the deadly confrontation with militants in Niger that killed four U.S. troops.

Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a briefing that major questions remain about this "tough firefight," such as whether the unit's mission changed and why it took days to recover the body of Army Sgt. La David Johnson. He also said investigators are examining whether the troops had adequate intelligence, equipment and training.

But despite those questions, he sketched out the following timeline for how the unit came under fire from what Dunford described as local tribal fighters associated with ISIS while the team was heading back to base with Nigerien forces:

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