Man whose wife died in Iranian strike presses Vance on “fundamental failures”

October 17, 2026 / 8:46 PM EDT / CBS News

During a CBS News town hall, a man whose wife was among the first American service members to die in the U.S.-Iran war pressed Vice President JD Vance on whether the Trump administration will hold people accountable for "mistakes" and "fundamental failures."

Master Sgt. Nicole Amor, a member of the U.S. Army Reserve from Minnesota, was one of six people killed in an Iranian drone attack on an outpost in Kuwait on March 1 — one day after the U.S. began striking Iran. It remains the deadliest attack on U.S. forces during the Iran war.

Since then, the families of people impacted by the attack have raised questions about whether the U.S. military did enough to protect Americans stationed at Kuwait's Port of Shuaiba. CBS News has reported on concerns that the facility wasn't adequately fortified and lacked capabilities to shoot down incoming drones, and that the Army chose not to rebase troops further from Iran and ignored a request to bulk up medical support.

Nicole Amor's husband, Joey Amor, asked the vice president about the attack during a "Things That Matter" town hall hosted by "CBS Evening News" anchor…

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