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 numbers was a son, daughter, husband, wife, father or friend. they have names. they have lives and they deserve to be honored as this chapter of american history con -- concludes i want to recognize each-my fellow americans who during the war in afghanistan made the ultimate sacrifice serving this nation. i ask that each of us reflect together and pray together for each of the fallen and their families who have sacrificed so much. who have sacrificed all they have to

lance corporal schmitz deserves this honor. ves this recognition, frankly it is the least of what he deserves. so today i'm introducing and this body a resolution to honor lance corporal schmitz and allis of the missourians who made the ultimate sacrifice of the war in afghanistan, they will not be forgotten. over the last coverage we have heard words describe to use the cost of this long war, $2 trillion spent, over 20000 soldiers wounded in action and thousands more who came home with invisible wounds. 2461ic american personnel who gave their very lives. but each of these numbers was a son, a daughter, husband, wife, father, friend. they have names, they have lives and they deserve to be honored as this chapter of american history concludes i want to recognize in the congressional record, each of my fellow missourians who during the war indu afghanistan made the ultimate sacrifice serving this u nation. i ask that each of us reflect together for the fallen and those who have sacrificed so much. they've sacrificed so much they

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 numbers was a son, daughter, husband, wife, father or friend. they have names. they have lives and they deserve to be honored as this chapter of american history con -- concludes i want to recognize each-my fellow americans who during the war in afghanistan made the ultimate sacrifice serving this nation. i ask that each of us reflect together and pray together for each of the fallen and their families who have sacrificed so much. who have sacrificed all they have to

lance corporal david espinoza. navy corpsman markston soviak. marine lance corporal jared schmitz. ne corporal humberto sanchez. marine 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 ov

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

today i'm also here on behalf of the family of lance corporal je receipt schmitz of our region. let me tell you about this heroic and selfless young man. lance corporal schmitz was 20 years old when he lost his life in the terrorist attack at the airport in kabul just days before joe biden's arbitrary deadline of august 31st. he was passionate about his military service. he was committed to making a difference as a u.s. marine and gotten his parents permission to enlist at just 17 years old. i don't believe that this hearing will allow us to truly understand why he and his fellow military servicemen and women were killed on august 26th of 2021. his family, their families, and all americans deserve answers, sir. i am outraged to hear this administration saying the retreat was a success. how could anyone say that 13 precious young men and women lost their lives is a success. i'm not asking for my own peace of mind. i'm asking you on behalf of the families, their burying their sons and their daughters this wiek and they deserve accountability and they deserve transparency. they dese

dylan r.merola from california, marine lance corporal kareemm.nikoui from california, marine czar gent humberto sanchez from indiana, marine lance corporal schmitz, and marine corporal daeganw. page from nebraska. over the next hour, madam president, senators representing many of these fallen service members and the states from which they hail will honor their service and their memory. utah's staff sergeant darin taylor hoover was only 11 years old on september 11, 2001. from that moment on, he knew that he wanted to serve his country. nearly 21 years later, he was killed in kabul, afghanistan, performing his duty value -- valiantly, as always, as a united states marine. staff sergeant hoover and his fellow marines were on the front lines of the operation. securing an entrance to the hamid karzai international airport and screening -- directing vulnerable afghans on their escape to safety as the extremist taliban took hold of their country. staff sergeant hoover was killed by an isis sued attack that targeted him, his teammates, and the surrounding innocent civilians. staff sergeant hoover, like all marines, learned the marine corps' values at b