mr. holton did shoot his wife and then turn the gun on himself, why such a bizarre way to do that? morning a state pathologist confirmed michael holton had a close contact wound at the base of his head, and to investigators the angle seemed telling. >> the only way we were able to do that is hold a gun upside down and place it upside down and then angle it because, rerks t remember, the angle is upwards. >> upside down and using his left hand. the thing about that is michael holton was right-handed. >> normally when men commit suicide, they use their dominant hand. >> sure. >> not their weaker hand. >> that's right. >> to the sheriff and the investigators that made suicide improbable, and the pathologist agreed. he classified michael holton's death a homicide. >> he does not believe that that man would have killed himself or would have been able to kill himself in that manner. >> and so you go forward with a homicide investigation. >> it's not a head scratcher. you get a piece of paper that says homicide. >> this was now a murder investigation, and if there were three people in that

mrs. kim: veterans like marine andrew darlington and jeremy holton, they worked with my office, they tirelessly helped those afghans that they fought alongside, and they served our country honorably in uniform and so again when they were called. the administration's withdrawal has been a failure, but those individuals who have volunteered to be on the front line of saving lives, they are heroes, and they have shown the world why we are an exceptional people. this is not about politics. this is about america keeping the promises we made. our mission is not over. i yield back. . seeing no further speakers, pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 4:30 p.m. >> coming up this week on the c-span networks, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, director christopher way and christine appear before congress on threats to the homeland 20 years after 9/11. c-span3 will have live coverage of their testimony before the senate homeland security committee on tuesday at 9:30 eastern and the house wednesday, 9:00 a.m. eastern. later on wednesday at