Defense Department officials identified two U.S. Army paratroopers killed in Afghanistan an apparent insider attack on Monday bringing the Pentagon's death toll in America's longest war to a total of
On Monday morning, U.S. Army and Korean War veteran Sam Forest Jr., 87, was laid to rest by his family at Mount Hope Cemetery in Cook County, Illinois. The grief was palpable, but nothing could prepare the family for the knock at the door on Monday evening when men in military uniforms bearing ranks and war ribbons stood outside with life-altering news.
The gunman was wounded during the attack and arrested by authorities in the second known insider attack to occur in the past two weeks.has learned of more details involving another Afghan service member opening fire on comrades and amid U.S. military personnel on July 17. While other American troops were present when the attack began, no U.S. personnel were killed or wounded despite assertions made by the Taliban U.S. soldiers had been killed during the gunfire. The Taliban are historically known to make exaggerated battlefield claims.
When asked by Economic Club President David M. Rubenstein about the timing the withdrawal of U.S. Forces to the 2020 presidential election, Pompeo laughed, and said:"It's not only my expectation, it would be job enhancing."
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