BLITZER: Just in, we're learning -- get this -- 34 U.S. servicemembers have been diagnosed with what the Pentagon calls traumatic brain injuries resulting from that Iranian missile strike in Iraq at the Al Asad Airbase in Iraq. Now, let's discuss this. This is a significant development because, just the other day, the president of the United States was basically dismissing these injuries, headaches, not a big deal.</s>TAPPER: Yes. We didn't know exactly what the status was. We knew we learned several days after the attack that it actually had caused injuries to these troops and several of them had been medevac'd out of the airbase in Iraq, some to Kuwait, some to the airbase in Germany. Then we heard from President Trump just Wednesday of this week in which he was asked, why didn't he acknowledge that several troops had been wounded when the Iranians struck back after the Soleimani strike. Here's what President Trump had to say.</s>DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I heard that they had headaches and a couple of other things, but I would say -- and I can report it is not very serious.</s>UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: You don't think a potential traumatic brain injury is serious?</s>TRUMP: They told me about it numerous days later. You would have to ask the Department of Defense. No, I don't consider them very serious injuries relative to other injuries I've seen.
Pentagon: U.S. Troops Diagnosed with Brain Injuries after Iran Strike.