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Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan

by Aamer Madhani
| August 30, 2021 12:09 AM

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — In hushed reverence, President Joe Biden stood witness with grieving families Sunday under a gray sky as, one by one, the remains of 13 U.S. troops killed in the Kabul suicide bombing were removed with solemnity from a military aircraft that brought them home.

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