Washington (CNN) Defense Secretary James Mattis said on Thursday that the "US military does not leave its troops behind" but did not provide additional details into why the body of Sgt. La David Johnson was recovered nearly 48 hours after his 12-member team was ambushed by 50 ISIS fighters in Niger. "The US military does not leave its troops behind and I would just ask that you not question the actions of the troops who were caught in the firefight and question whether or not they did everything they could in order to bring everyone out at once," he told reporters.An investigation has been launched in an effort "to get all the facts correct"President Donald Trump has still not publicly stated an ISIS affiliated group was responsible
Dustin Wright died as a result of the October 4 attack, after helping local forces in _ combat terrorists.