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U.S. identifies soldier killed in strike on Saudi Arabia

Name: U.S. identifies soldier killed in strike on Saudi Arabia
Uploaded: 2026-03-09T11:11:00-0400
Duration: 1 min 52 s
Description: The soldier killed in an attack on an American base in Saudi Arabia has been identified as Army Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, 26, of Kentucky, the Defense Department said. He is the seventh U.S. service member to be killed in the Middle East since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more.

The soldier killed in an attack on an American base in Saudi Arabia has been identified as Army Sgt. Benjamin Pennington, 26, of Kentucky, the Defense Department said. He is the seventh U.S. service member to be killed in the Middle East since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has more.