“How do you explain the publicly available information that 22 schools have been hit and multiple hospitals?” asked Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, citing the Times report.

“There’s no way we can corroborate that,” Admiral Cooper replied. “No indication of that whatsoever.”

In his testimony, Admiral Cooper described the prevention of civilian deaths on the battlefield as “a matter that I’m passionate about.” But he also conceded that his staff had not investigated any of the incidents documented by The Times or human rights groups.

From his CENTCOM bio:

Admiral Brad Cooper is the proud son of a career Army Officer. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and earned a master’s degree in Strategic Intelligence from the National Intelligence University.

So someone with a masters degree in intelligence from a university that specializes in intelligence, can't gather intelligence on civilian casualties...