Mike Johnson to honor families of Abbey Gate victims with Congressional Gold Medal
By
Asher Notheis
August 26, 2024 3:03 pm
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) revealed Monday that he will give the Congressional Gold Medal to family members of the 13 U.S. service members killed at Abbey Gate in Afghanistan.
The announcement from Johnson was made on the third anniversary of the terrorist attack at the Kabul Airport, which occurred during the Biden administration’s withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan. Johnson explained that the Congressional Gold Medal is “the highest honor that Congress can pay” to anyone. He underscored the need to recognize the sacrifices made by the 13 service members and their families.
“We have to make sure that the American people know that sacrifice,” Johnson said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends. “It was the greatest foreign policy blunder of our lifetimes. It led to a series of other events and emboldened our adversaries around the world, and allowed the Taliban to take back over, and we effectively sacrificed 20 years of our effort in servicemen and women who served there. It was a terrible thing. But Congress is going to make it right as best as we can and honor them in that very important way.”
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