Monday marked the three-year anniversary of the suicide attack near the Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan that resulted in the death of 13 U.S. service members. As part of their coverage of the anniversary, CNN’s Phil Mattingly, filling in as host of The Lead, brought on White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby to press him on administration’s lack of a proper remembrance. But while Kirby issued poor explanations, Mattingly refused to demand better answers.
Mattingly’s first question was about how the Biden/Harris administration only published statements online while former President Trump was meeting with the families of the service members. “The visual this morning of the former president being at Arlington National Cemetery for the wreath laying. The current President, current Vice President both put out a paper statements, but I’m just wondering, is that — is that enough given what happened three years ago?” he wondered.
Kirby responded with a mealy-mouthed excuse about how, “Neither going to Arlington nor any individual paper statement is ever going to be enough to repay these families…” And he ridiculously claimed the PACT Act as the administration’s direct support for families torn apart by the incompetencies of the Biden/Harris administration.
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