Ryan Lairn on WNYC, we now know the names of four out of the six Americans who have died in a war that the president keeps changing his reasons for.

Did they know in their last moments on earth what they were fighting for?

As the AP reports, Sergeant First Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children

in White Lake, Minnesota, when a drone strike at a

command center in Kuwait killed her and five other U.S. service members. The others were Captain Cody

Cork, 35 of Winter Haven, Florida, Sergeant First Class, Noah Teachins, 42 of Bellevue, Nebraska, and Sergeant Declan Cody, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa.

Those are the names that have been released so far.

I thought it was fitting to say them out loud here.

And yes, they were all in the reserves.

The military wasn't even their full-time jobs.

AP says 20-year-old Declan Cody

trained as an information technology specialist with the Army reserves and was studying

cybersecurity at Drake University in Des Moines. He was taking online classes while in Kuwait.

35-year-old Cody Cork loved history and had a degree in political science.

His family described him as the life of the party known for his infectious spirit,

generous heart, and deep care for those who served alongside him and for everyone blessed to know him.

All of that from the AP.

Did they know in their last moments on earth what they were fighting for? With us now, New Jersey Senator Andy Kim, the Democrat

whose bio page reminds us that, quote, before my time in Congress, I worked as a career public

servant under both Democrats and Republicans serving at USAID, the Pentagon,

the State Department, the White House National Security Council, and as a civilian advisor

to top generals in Afghanistan.

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