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Pentagon briefs families of soldiers killed in Niger ambush

The commander of an ill-fated patrol in Niger objected to a change in the mission that sent his team looking for a terrorist. According to a family member briefed on the investigation, the team had not done the sufficient training with the Nigerien soldiers they were operating with. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
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