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IT WAS AWFUL, THE ATTACK ON U.S. MILITARY 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.Joint Staff Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie told reporters Thursday that US, French and Nigerien forces "never left the battlefield" until Johnson was found.Three senior US officials told CNN on Wednesday that Mattis wants answers regarding the ambush in Niger two weeks ago.