The attack outside of the Kabul airport on August came days into the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan killing more than people including Marines one Navy corpsman and one soldier . The Biden administrations withdrawal after two decades of US involvement in the war has come under immense scrutiny by Republican lawmakers including those on the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee . The Pentagon said in a statement that there is no question that the Gold Star families who lost loved ones during the tragic bombing at Abbey Gate are all American heroes and the Department of Defense will continue to support them and stand by them . At a congressional roundtable earlier this week the families of Abbey Gate victims offered emotional testimony about the withdrawal and losses . The White House released earlier this year blamed conditions created by the Trump administration for the chaotic withdrawal. A State Department review released this summer however said both administrations made decisions that had serious consequences for security in Afghanistan . A State Dept. of Defense said both governments made decisions had serious implications for security for the security in the country . A spokesperson for the White House said that its important to note that our commanders and service members on the ground for the evacuation were following thorough and appropriate rules of engagement were following the appropriate conditions of engagement. These dictated the circumstances under which our forces could address the … forces could . address the massive stream of threats targeting Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul in Kabul. These circumstances. These . forces could be addressed the … threats. These consisted of the [ forces could [sicsicsic ) to address the [forces were following. These terms of engagement, respectively. These dictate the circumstances of the circumstances . These dictated. These [forces] were following … and were following appropriate rules. These dictates the circumstances [sic] to address . These circumstances underwhich our forces
Mother of Marine killed in Abbey Gate bombing says she wants full account of where her son
