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August 26, 2025
News
War

Trump Designates August 26 as Day to Remember Abbey Gate Heroes.

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âť“WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump issued a proclamation designating August 26, 2025, as a day to honor the American service members killed or wounded in the Abbey Gate terror attack during former President Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Gold Star families.

đź“ŤWHEN & WHERE: August 25, 2025, in the Oval Office, with the proclamation commemorating the 4th anniversary of the attack.

💬KEY QUOTE: “I encourage all Americans to remember the heroism of the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, and the Gold Star Families who carry on their proud legacy.” – Donald J. Trump

🎯IMPACT: The proclamation serves as a solemn reminder of the sacrifices made by U.S. service members and the need for accountability regarding the events surrounding the attack under Biden.

IN FULL

President Donald J. Trump has declared August 26, 2025, a day to honor the American service members killed or injured in the Abbey Gate terror attack during former President Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal. The proclamation, marking the fourth anniversary of the attack, states: “On one of the darkest days in our Nation’s history, foru years ago, the gates of hell sprung open when an evil Jihadi terrorist carried out a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan—killing 13 heroes of our United States Armed Forces and shattering the hearts of Americans and our allies.”

Trump stressed the importance of remembering the fallen and supporting their loved ones. The proclamation added, “We will never forget you; we will never forsake you; and your memory will live on forever.” It also named the 13 service members who died, including Marines, a Navy Corpsman, and an Army Staff Sergeant.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth remarked, “America deserves answers as far as what happened in Afghanistan. The military needs to answer for what happened in Afghanistan.”

Ahead of his return to office in January, President Trump and his transition team were reportedly considering court martials for the military brass who presided over Abbey Gate. Pentagon accounts of the attack have at times been contradicted by the evidence, and a House Foreign Affairs Committee found the Biden government misled the public over the tragedy.

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September 9, 2024
NatSec
News

Biden-Harris Govt Misled Public Over Afghanistan, Finds Congressional Report.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans have issued a report accusing the Biden-Harris government of misleading the public regarding the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. They allege the decision led to chaotic conditions and ignored military warnings, ultimately costing 13 U.S. service members their lives in a Kabul suicide bombing.

Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) criticized Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s planning and execution during an interview on Sunday, ” highlighting what he called “moral negligence.” The report, released Monday, suggests that political considerations were prioritized over national security concerns. The politicization of the military and its role in the attack on Abbey Gate at the Kabul Airpot are also the subject of a recently released documentary from the American Principles Project.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee report states that Biden-Harris government officials, including Gen. Austin Miller and former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, were interviewed as part of the investigation. However, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has not yet testified despite a Committee request, prompting McCaul to issue a subpoena.

White House spokeswoman Sharon Yang dismissed the GOP report, calling it biased and based on selective facts. Yang emphasized that the decision to withdraw was difficult but necessary to redirect resources to other threats and end the prolonged conflict. Responding to accusations by Congressional Democrats that the timing of the report’s release is politically motivated, Chairman McCaul argued that obstruction by the White House and military leaders delayed his investigation by nearly two years.

The report recommends reestablishing a Crisis Bureau within the State Department to handle emergency evacuation situations to avoid similar military disasters in the future. Additionally, committee members contend that certain standard operating procedures within the Departments of Defense and State must be better maintained.

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans have issued a report accusing the Biden-Harris government of misleading the public regarding the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. They allege the decision led to chaotic conditions and ignored military warnings, ultimately costing 13 U.S. service members their lives in a Kabul suicide bombing. show more
September 9, 2024
Data

DATA: Majority Say Trump Was Right to Attend Arlington Cemetery with Afghan Troop Families.

A majority of likely U.S. voters (59 percent) has said they believe it was “appropriate” for President Donald J. Trump to attend Arlington National Cemetery with the families of troops who lost their lives during President Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal. Just 30 percent said they believed it was inappropriate, with 12 percent remaining undecided.

Additionally, 56 percent agree that Vice President Harris “bears responsibility for the deaths of U.S. troops killed in the terrorist attack” that occurred at the Abbey Gate on August 26th, 2021. Thirty-eight percent said she bears no responsibility.

Over a third of Democrats backed Trump’s appearance at Arlington in the data released by Rasmussen Reports on Monday morning, with a whopping 70 percent of Hispanic voters backing Trump over the issue, which Democrats attempted to use against him.

Meanwhile, even a quarter of Democrats agree Harris bears some responsibility for the actions of her government, alongside Joe Biden, which led to the loss of American lives and the deaths and injuries of over 300 others.

A new documentary illustrating the pain of the families was released last week, and has been watched millions of times since its premiere:

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A majority of likely U.S. voters (59 percent) has said they believe it was "appropriate" for President Donald J. Trump to attend Arlington National Cemetery with the families of troops who lost their lives during President Biden's botched Afghanistan withdrawal. Just 30 percent said they believed it was inappropriate, with 12 percent remaining undecided. show more
September 4, 2024
Culture
News

Trump, Bannon & More Star in Hard-Hitting New Documentary.

The American Principles Project (APP) has released a new documentary recounting the tragic story of the 2021 suicide bombing at Abbey Gate in Kabul airport, which claimed over 180 lives, including those of 13 American military personnel. ‘Culture War: The Deadly Consequences of a Woke War Machine’ investigates the far-left cultural policies within the military enacted by the Biden–Harris government and how those policies precipitated the deadly attack.

“The disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan did not happen in a vacuum. For years, our military has been gradually weakened by far-left cultural policies imposed by Democrats,” said APP’s president, Terry Schilling—who also served as an executive producer on the project along with the Logan Circle Group’s Harlan Hill. Schilling continued: “[U]nder the current Biden–Harris administration, this social experimentation has gone into overdrive, with predictably catastrophic results.”

“No more men and women in uniform should have their lives put at risk because of the failures of incompetent ideologues here in Washington. Our military, and our entire country, deserve better,” he added.

Released on YouTube and X (formerly Twitter), ‘Culture War’ features perspectives from top U.S. political leaders, including former President Donald J. Trump, former White House Chief Strategist and War Room host Stephen K. Bannon, former Trump White House chief-of-staff Mark Meadows, and Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Jim Banks (R-IN). Through interviews with policymakers closely connected to the events leading up to the deadly bombing and family members of four service members who perished, the film offers an in-depth look into the Biden–Harris government’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal.

For further information on the film, viewers are directed to visit CultureWarDoc.com.

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The American Principles Project (APP) has released a new documentary recounting the tragic story of the 2021 suicide bombing at Abbey Gate in Kabul airport, which claimed over 180 lives, including those of 13 American military personnel. 'Culture War: The Deadly Consequences of a Woke War Machine' investigates the far-left cultural policies within the military enacted by the Biden-Harris government and how those policies precipitated the deadly attack. show more
August 26, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War

Trump Flies to Arlington for Afghan Troop Memorial, Which Joe and Kamala SNUB!

Former President Donald J. Trump attended a memorial ceremony for the 13 American servicemen and women murdered during the Abbey Gate bombing amid the Biden-Harris government’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris skipped the event, as did former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.

President Trump attended the ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, to mark the third anniversary of the Abbey Gate attack. By disrupting the timetable of former President Trump’s planned withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden-Harris government created a chaotic situation in which the Taliban overran Kabul while U.S. and Western personnel were still present. Hundreds were killed or injured when a suicide bomber, allegedly from the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) group, targeted would-be evacuees and the U.S. troops overseeing them at Kabul airport’s Abbey Gate.

The Biden-Harris government also surrendered Bagram Air Base, which Trump intended to retain, and a huge number of U.S. ground vehicles, helicopters, and weapons, which Trump intended to evacuate. The Taliban paraded these spoils through the streets earlier this month.

Trump has criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for her role in the debacle, recalling that she was “the last person in the room with Biden when the two of them decided to pull the troops out of Afghanistan” and was “all for it.”

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Former President Donald J. Trump attended a memorial ceremony for the 13 American servicemen and women murdered during the Abbey Gate bombing amid the Biden-Harris government's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris skipped the event, as did former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. show more
August 13, 2024
William Upton
Corruption
Politics
War

Senior Investigator for Afghan Withdrawal Resigns, Blasts House Committee for Unserious Investigation.

The senior investigator for the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the Biden-Harris government’s disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal resigned in protest on Monday. Jerry Dunleavy, a former journalist turned congressional investigator, blasted the committee and its chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), for being “derelict in their duty” and running a “sham” investigation.

“I did not come lightly to this decision to resign & to blow the whistle publicly, but I could not be a part of this sham any longer & my conscience simply will not allow me to be silent,” Dunleavy wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

“[A]fter a year of pushing the Committee to do the right thing & to run a serious investigation that relentlessly searches for the truth, it has become undeniably clear to me that McCaul & his team are unwilling to take even the most basic steps necessary to ensure that President Biden, VP Harris, & all the top Biden-Harris diplomatic & national security & military leaders are made to answer for the horrors which unfolded & continue to unfold in Afghanistan & around the world,” he added.

Dunleavy accuses Chairman McCaul and the Foreign Affairs Committee of failing to pursue key witnesses at the Biden-Harris State Department and United States Central Command (CENTCOM). Additionally, the former congressional investigator says the committee refused to properly investigate security lapses that resulted in ISIS-K’s deadly attack on Abbey Gate at the Kabul Airport.

The former investigator says that McCaul has been too hesitant to wield his committee’s power and has failed to obtain answers and justice for the Abbey Gate Gold Star families. “McCaul & the Committee made promises to the Abbey Gate Gold Star families & to the American public at large — & those promises simply have not been kept,” Dunleavy wrote.

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The senior investigator for the House Foreign Affairs Committee's inquiry into the Biden-Harris government's disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal resigned in protest on Monday. Jerry Dunleavy, a former journalist turned congressional investigator, blasted the committee and its chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), for being "derelict in their duty" and running a "sham" investigation. show more