President Joe Biden is traveling to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to honor and mourn the 13 U.S. troops killed in the attack near the Kabul airport as their remains return to the U.S. from Afghanistan.
“The 13 service members that we lost were heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice in service of our highest American ideals and while saving the lives of others,” Biden said in a statement Saturday. “Their bravery and selflessness has enabled more than 117,000 people at risk to reach safety thus far.”
Aside from the quiet commands of honor guards who carry the transfer cases, the short prayers of the chaplain typically are the only words spoken during the ritual. It will be the first time that Biden has traveled to Dover as president for such a movement. But he is not unfamiliar with the ritual.
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