House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will posthumously present the Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. service members killed at the Abbey Gate bombing.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. will host a Gold Medal ceremony for the 13 U.S. service members killed at Abbey Gate during the Afghanistan withdrawal. Johnson is expected to posthumously present the Gold Medal, Congress' highest honor, to the 13 fallen Americans who were killed during the August 2021 ISIS-K suicide bombing at the Kabul Airport. The attack also left roughly 170 Afghans dead. Tuesday's ceremony comes two days after Rep.
The report also disputed Biden's assertion that his hands were tied to the Doha agreement former President Trump had made with the Taliban establishing a deadline for U.S. withdrawal for the summer of 2021, and it revealed how state officials had no plan for getting Americans and allies out while there were still troops there to protect them. On the three-year anniversary of the attack, Trump joined the families of the slain 13 U.S. service members at Arlington National Cemetery.
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