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Families Of Fallen Marines Say Meeting President Biden Was A 'Scripted And Shallow' Chat

The US Marine Corps posted a photo to Twitter Sunday evening, of the flag flag-draped caskets of their fallen brethren killed in Thursday's suicide bomb attack in Kabul  

Daily Mail: Suicide bomb victim Rylee McCollum's sister blasts Joe Biden's 'scripted and shallow' chat at Delaware memorial service 

* On Sunday, the remains of Marine Rylee McCollum, 20, were returned to the United States 

* McCollum's pregnant wife, Jiennah Crayton and his sister Roice, received his remains at Dover Air force in Delaware 

* When it came time to meet the president, Roice left the room with additional family members 

* She told the Washington Post she did not want to speak with the man her family held responsible for McCollum's death 

* McCollum was one of the 13 service members killed in the ISIS-K suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport on Thursday 

* His pregnant wife, Jiennah, 20, is expecting the young couple's first child in September 

* The young couple met in San Diego while McCollum was in training and married in February of this year 

* The 20-year-old Marine had only been in Afghanistan a few weeks and was expected home in October 

The sister of one of the 13 US troops killed in an ISIS-K suicide blast in Afghanistan last week slammed President Biden for comments he made while paying his respects Sunday, referring to them as 'scripted' and 'shallow.' 

On Sunday, the remains of Marine Rylee McCollum, 20, were returned to the United States, where Biden, along with McCollum's pregnant wife, Jiennah Crayton, and his sister Roice, received him at Dover Air force in Delaware. 

Biden met privately with McCollum's family, in addition to families of the 12 other fallen service members, before quietly observing flag-draped cases transport their bodies off a plane.  

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WNU Editor: The anger among these families directed at President Biden will never go away. And I am sure that this anger will become amplified when they learn about this .... Pentagon slams leak showing US deaths in Kabul bombing could have been avoided (NYPost). The Pentagon are not amused that this leak has become public .... Pentagon rips Politico over article on 'mass casualty event' warning that preceded Kabul attack (The Hill).



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