The 13 killed on Thursday were Navy corpsman Max Soviak, Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Knauss, and Marines Hunter Lopez, Rylee McCollum, David Lee Espinoza, Kareem Nikoui, Jared Schmitz, Daegan Page, Taylor Hoover, Humberto Sanchez, Johanny Rosario, Dylan Merola and Nicole Gee. He stood in silence, his right hand to his chest, as a succession of flag draped transfer coffins were carried past him from a C-17 Globemaster plane.īut during the ceremony, Biden appears to jerk his left arm up and look down at his watch. The president made the unannounced trip to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Sunday morning as the caskets of the 13 service members killed in the attack were brought back to the United States. President Joe Biden is under fire after appearing to look at his watch just seconds after a salute honoring the return of the 13 US servicemembers killed in Thursday's ISIS-K suicide bombing in Kabul. Political Reporter and Katelyn Caralle, U.S. Some 300 American citizens are still waiting to be evacuated from Afghanistan, Secretary of State confirmedīy Peter Belfiore and Rob Crilly, Senior U.S.Taliban spokesman confirmed Sunday's incident, saying car bomb destined for the airport was destroyed.Jihadists were believed to be planning another attack on the the Hamid Karzai International in Kabul.The rocket fire came after three children were killed in a US drone strike targeting 'multiple suicide bombers'.As many as five rockets were fired at Kabul airport on Monday morning, local time, and were intercepted.The Pentagon said the last troops in Kabul had begun their final withdrawal.Biden said Saturday their 'bravery and selflessness' helped get more than 100,000 people to safety.President met with families of the fallen before the 'dignified transfer' of their remains.Biden has also drawn the ire of some of the parents of those killed including Kathy McCollum, who blasted the president as 'dementia ridden' over the death of her son Riley, 20.While overseeing the 'dignified transfer' of the fallen troops onto US soil he appeared to check his watch, sparking a backlash from military veterans and conservatives.They were all killed in an ISIS-K suicide attack on Kabul airport that killed around 170 people.Joe Biden traveled to Dover AFB on Sunday morning as 13 fallen US troops returned home from Kabul.Somewhere else to be, Joe? Furious veterans slam Biden for checking his watch during dignified transfer of 13 US service members killed in ISIS-K's Kabul suicide blast

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