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WATCH LIVE: Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for troops killed in U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

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House Speaker Mike Johnson to present Congressional Gold Medal to 13 U.S. service members killed during Afghanistan withdrawal.

Ceremony scheduled for 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday , just hours before first debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris .

Both Democrats and Republicans supported legislation to honor the 13 troops killed in a suicide bombing at Abbey Gate in August 2021 .

Most assessments have concluded Trump and Biden share blame for the disastrous end to America ’s longest war.

The main U.S. government watchdog for the war points to the 2020 deal with the Taliban as “the single most important factor” in the collapse of U.-allied Afghan security forces and Taliban takeover.

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English

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