Congress on Tuesday honored the 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.
A ceremony on Tuesday posthumously presented Congress' highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan.House Speaker Mike Johnson hosted the ceremony, which began at 11 a.m. ET in the Capitol Rotunda. The top Republican and Democratic leaders for both the House and Senate spoke.
Last month, his political team distributed video of him attending a wreath-laying ceremony for the fallen service members at Arlington National Cemetery on the third anniversary of the bombing, despite the cemetery’s prohibition on partisan activity on the grounds as well as an altercation with a cemetery employee who was trying to make sure the campaign followed those rules.The Gold Star military families who invited him to the Arlington ceremony have defended Trump's actions.
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