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Edgar Brian Torres Tovar and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard by what he described as Islamic terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hegseth urged Americans to join him in prayer for the two soldiers, offering condolences to their families and praising their service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please join me in prayer today for the souls of our brave Army Soldiers Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar and Sgt. 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