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People attend the funeral of Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, Calif., on Sept. 18, 2021. APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will award the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the 13 U.S. service members killed during the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, his office announced on Aug. 26, the third anniversary of the tragedy.
The Sept. 10 event will be at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
