i said this to them, and i promised that i would say it for the whole nation, that jared schmitz lived a life of honor. he lived a life worth living. and his sacrifice was not in vain. jared didn't have to serve. he didn't have to deploy halfway around the world. he didn't have to stand protecting americans and other innocent people as disaster unfolded. he didn't have to do any of it. he chose to do it. he chose to serve. he chose to give his life for others. that's a hero. that's an american. lance corporal schmitz deserves this honor. he deserves this recognition. frankly, it's the least of what he deserves. and so today i'm introducing in this body a resolution to honor lance corporal schmitz and all the missourians who made the ultimate sacrifice during the war in afghanistan. they will not be forgotten. over the last 20 years, we have often heard numbers used to describe the costs of this long war. $2 trillion spent, over 20,000 soldiers wounded in action and thousands more who came home with invisible wound and 2,461 american personnel who gave their very lives. in each of these

jared schmitz, lance corporal schmitz was there on august 26, they are at the kabul airport doing hiserving his country, smiling nonstop when the enemy attacked. and it was there, lance corporal schmitz, age 20 gave his life for the people he loved for the nation he served. he died that others might live. i had the privilege of speaking to lance corporal schmitz is a family just hours after he learned of jared's death. i said this to them, i promise i would say it for the whole nation that jared's mission lived a life of honor but he lived a life worth living and his sacrifice was not in vain. he did not have to serve. he did not have to deploy halfway around the world. he did not have to stand protecting americans and other innocent people as disaster unfolded it. he did not have to do any of it. he chose to do it. hehe chose to serve. he chose to give his life for others. that is a hero. that is an american. lance corporal schmitz deserves this honor. he deserves this recognition, frankly it is the least of what he deserves. so today i'm introducing and this body a resolution to hon

the father of jared schmitz slamming how president biden acted during their face-to-face meeting. listen. >> as he is looking at this picture of my son i just flat out said to him that's jared, that's jared schmitz. don't ever forget that name and don't forget the name of the 12 others. you need to spend some time learning their stories, who they were. and that's when he kind of described it as barking back. i don't know how else to describe it. but he says i know their stories. first thought was that's literally impossible. why are you arguing with me? and then he mentions his son again. >> julie: outrage lingers over the president checking his watch several times during the ceremony at dover airport base. the hits keep on coming but sadly the president brought this onto himself which begs the question why. he had one job to do at that ceremony honoring those 13 fallen service members. men and women. families who lost his watch. he dismissed a parent talking about his sons and sons and daughters lost and he talked about his own son instead. these are the lack of empathy is just he

i said this to them, and i promised that i would say it for the whole nation, that jared schmitz lived a life of honor. he lived a life worth living. and his sacrifice was not in vain. jared didn't have to serve. he didn't have to deploy halfway around the world. he didn't have to stand protecting americans and other innocent people as disaster unfolded. he didn't have to do any of it. he chose to do it. he chose to serve. he chose to give his life for others. that's a hero. that's an american. lance corporal schmitz deserves this honor. he deserves this recognition. frankly, it's the least of what he deserves. and so today i'm introducing in this body a resolution to honor lance corporal schmitz and all the missourians who made the ultimate sacrifice during the war in afghanistan. they will not be forgotten. over the last 20 years, we have often heard numbers used to describe the costs of this long war. $2 trillion spent, over 20,000 soldiers wounded in action and thousands more who came home with invisible wound and 2,461 american personnel who gave their very lives. in each of these

marine corporal jared schmitz, two of the 13 service members killed in the kabul suicide bombings meanwhile, in afghanistan, the taliban's new all-male government takes over with holdovers from the regime that harbored osama bin laden and wanted terrorists from the brutal haqqani network linked to al qaeda this following taliban assaults against women protesters again today. >> the events of the last few days indicate that we are -- we are dealing very much with the same old taliban >> what does that do to the president's rationale for withdrawing our u.s. troops >> the mission of trying to prevent afghanistan from becoming a safe haven for terrorism has failed >> reporter: at ramstein today, secretary of state blinken saying the u.s. relationship with the taliban will depend on their actions, but he was challenged by an afghan journalist. >> journalists are beaten, women protesters on the streets are beaten what else do you want to see planning for another 9/11 >> we will see by its actions whether it corrects course. >> reporter: michael leiter directed the national counterterrorism cente

marine lance corporal jared schmitz. marine corporal humberto sanchez.ine lance corporal dylan merola. marine lance corporal kareem nikoui. army staff sergeant ryan knauss. marine sergeant nicole gee. she was just 23 years old, featured in a defense department photo cradling an afghan baby, posting on instagram, i love my job. >> they came in and just -- selfless. selflessly put themselves at risk. selflessly worked themselves to the bone, trying to get people they've never met, knew nothing about, just knew that they were americans or knew that they'd helped americans. >> any american looks at that suicide bombing and 13 young americans dying while holding babies in their arms and says, how could that happen? why were they? such a vulnerable position? >> i don't think the military should have been so close to that gate, but i don't think that was a military mistake, i think that was a policy mistake. the military was there doing their best, doing what they thought was right. >> i am a little angry with president biden over this. i don't put all the blam

lance corporal jared schmitz was killed last week at the kabul airport. mark schmitz says he spoke to jared's commanding officer, who told him his son's unit was positioned near the airport gates. >> he said, i've never seen bravely like that. he said, what they did and how they enacted to this enabled a lot of other people to still get through even at that time and essentially saved their lives. he said, these guys are truly heroes. >> corporal schmitz was just 20 years old. his funeral is in the works. >>> well, an alarming message from the u.n. on afghanistan. it says the stockpile of food it has stored in the country could run out this month. about a third of the country's population doesn't know if it will have a meal every day. that's a third of the 38 million people there. the u.n. says the hunger problem is an emerging humanitarian catastrophe and that at least $200 million is needed quickly to keep feeding the most vulnerable afghans. >>> as the world tries to get the delta variant under control, u.s. health experts are now looking into the possi

one of the marines we tragically lost in the attack of the kabul airport was meant corporal jared schmitz of missouri. he was six months old on 9/11. we've seen that discussion many times of people who now give their life who were babies or not yet born on 9/11 20 years ago and even though he was six months old 9/11, he knew what he wanted to be and that he wanted to be a marine by the time he was a sophomore in high school. he started training as a teen years before he enlisted after graduating in st. peter's missouri he realized he joined thed marines and served as interest dreman. jared's father it's a great thing to say about your son, his son looked out for everybody. anyone who needed help he was there, he was selfless and never put himself first. of course we see another moment when he and the others lives were lost and others injured,ly some traumatically injured didn't put themselves first. a faithful st. louis blues and others will remember him as one of 56 missourians who made the ultimate sacrifice enduring freedom, we remember and honor each and every one of these heroes from

one of the marines was tragically lost in the attack at kabul airport was lance corporal jared schmitz of missouri. he was just six years old an 9/11. we have seen that discussion many times of people who now give their life who were babies or not yet born on 9/11 20 years ago. even though he is six amongsts old on 9/11 he knew what he wanted to be and he knew he wanted to be a marine by the time he was a sophomore in high school. he started training as a teenager years before he enlisted. after graduating from st. peters, missouri, he joined the marines and served as an infantryman. jared's father, mark schmidt, said his son -- and this is his farmer's quote, and it is a great thing tock ail to say -- to be able to say about your son. he said, jared looked out for everybody. he was a selfless. he never put himself first. and of course we see another moment when he and the others whose lives were lost and others who were injured, some dramatically injured, didn't put themselves first. they put others first. friends remember jared as energetic, as happy, as a faithful fanal of the st. l