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Congress Bestows Highest Honor on Troops Killed in Abbey Gate Bombing, with Politics in Background

Congressional Gold Medal awarded to troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal

The 13 U.S. service members killed three years ago during the military withdrawal from Afghanistan were formally awarded Congress’ highest honor Tuesday in a rare bipartisan commemoration of an incident that has become a political football. Surviving family members of the Abbey Gate suicide bombing victims accepted the Congressional Gold Medal as their loved ones’ […]