First lady Jill Biden joined the president at Dover Air Force Base to grieve with loved ones.
President Joe Biden bows his head as first lady Jill Biden, right, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, watch during a casualty return Sunday at Dover Air Force Base, Del. | Carolyn Kaster/AP PhotoDOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — President Joe Biden met in solemn privacy Sunday with the families of the 13 U.S. troops killed inand became the fourth commander in chief to bear witness as the remains of the fallen returned to U.S. soil from Afghanistan.
Five were just 20, born not long before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that spurred the United States to invade Afghanistan in order to topple al-Qaida and dismantle their Taliban hosts who ruled the country. Family members of the fallen often travel to Dover to be present as flag-draped transfer cases are taken off the transport plane that returns them to American soil.
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