2024 Elections

Trump, Harris, Biden Commemorate Fallen US Servicemembers on Anniversary of Kabul Airport Attack

On third anniversary of Afghanistan withdrawal, former president pays homage at Arlington.
Trump, Harris, Biden Commemorate Fallen US Servicemembers on Anniversary of Kabul Airport Attack
Former President Donald Trump lays a wreath alongside Marine Cpl. Kelsee Lainhart (Ret.) and and U.S. Marine Corps. Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews (Ret.) who were injured at the Abbey Gate Bombing, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on August 26, 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
John Haughey
John Haughey
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Former President Donald Trump laid wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 26, while President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris issued statements to mark the third anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Thirteen U.S. servicemembers—11 Marines, one Navy corpsman, and one soldier—were among the more than 170 people killed in a terrorist bombing at Abbey Gate outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 26, 2021.

John Haughey
John Haughey
Reporter
John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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