{"id":1994746,"date":"2023-08-08T19:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T23:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-injured-during-afghanistan-withdrawal-recounts-bidens-weird-visit-to-the-hospital\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T19:46:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T23:46:31","slug":"marine-injured-during-afghanistan-withdrawal-recounts-bidens-weird-visit-to-the-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-injured-during-afghanistan-withdrawal-recounts-bidens-weird-visit-to-the-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine hurt in Afghanistan withdrawal shares details of Biden&#8217;s &#8216;strange&#8217; hospital visit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarine-injured-during-afghanistan-withdrawal-recounts-bidens-weird-visit-to-the-hospital%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994746&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Committee Chair U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) \u200d(C) greets U.S. \u200cMarine Corps. Sergeant \u2062Tyler Vargas-Andrews \u200c(L) as he arrives to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at the U.S. \u200bCapitol on\u200b March 08,\u200d 2023 in\u200b Washington, DC. (Photo by Win\u200d McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>4:42 PM \u2013 Tuesday, \u200cAugust 8, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>A marine\u200c who was\u200b injured in\u2063 the suicide bombing \u2063at Kabul airport during the withdrawal from Afghanistan recounted the weird visit that President \u200dJoe Biden paid him while he \u200dwas\u200b in the hospital\u2064 recovering.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Marine Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews, a marine sniper, was \u2063severely injured \u200dduring the United States military\u2019s evacuation from Afghanistan. Vargas-Andrews lost an and \u2064a leg during the suicide bombing at\u2063 Abbey gate that killed\u200d 13 American service members, 169\u200c Afghan civilians, with at least 150 others \u200binjured, including \u206218 U.S. military members.  <\/p>\n<p>While recovering at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,\u2064 he said that he had been visited by \u2063several \u2064high-ranking\u2064 U.S. military officials who wanted to participate in a \u201cphoto op\u201d\u2063 with him.\u200c One of the people \u200dthat he was visited by was \u2063President Biden.<\/p>\n<p>During the \u200c\u201cShawn Ryan \u200bShow\u201d the Marine described the disastrous \u200bwithdrawal from Afghanistan, as well as his meeting with the president.<\/p>\n<p>Before talking about his meeting with Biden, Vargas-Andrews described the disastrous events that led\u2063 to \u200dthe suicide bombing\u200d at Abbey \u200bgate at the Kabul airport.<\/p>\n<p>He recounted how he had been stationed to oversee the evacuation of the \u2064refugees at Abbey gate. He said\u2064 that his unit had received warning of a possible \u200dsuicide bomber heading towards the gate \u2064and that they were given the description of the individual.<\/p>\n<p>The Marine Sgt. said that him and his sniper both spotted the\u2063 individual approaching the gate, \u2064and they had asked \u2064for permission to open fire several \u200dtimes but were denied each time. Even after confirming that\u200b the individual they had seen\u2062 was\u200b the actual target.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI requested engagement authority\u2064 while my team leader was ready on the M110 \u200csemi-automatic sniper system.\u200d The \u200bresponse: leadership did not have the engagement authority for us.\u2063 Do not engage,\u201d Vargas-Andrews said in his\u200c testimony before Congress in March. \u201cWe asked him if we\u200d could \u200cshoot. Our battalion\u200d commander said,\u2062 and\u2063 I quote, \u2018I don\u2019t know.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews,\u200c a U.S. \u200dMarine Corps\u200b sniper, tells Congress \u2063that\u2064 he \u200bwas denied permission to shoot\u200d the suicide bomber in \u2063Afghanistan\u200c that killed 13 service members and over 170 civilians:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Plain and simple,\u200d we were\u2063 ignored.\u200d Our \u200bexpertise was disregarded. No one was\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A8mxNlKFkS\">pic.twitter.com\/A8mxNlKFkS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KanekoaTheGreat\/status\/1633536237532499968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He\u200b said that the \u2064target \u2062then dropped out of sight and they lost him in the crowd. Shortly\u2063 after they lost sight of the individual,\u200d the explosion went off. <\/p>\n<p>The explosion knocked the marine 12 feet back and onto the\u2064 ground. \u200dAs a result of the explosion, he lost \u200dan\u2064 arm and a leg and required\u200d around\u2063 50 \u2063surgeries.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thrown \u200b12 feet onto\u200c the ground, but instantly knew what had happened. I opened my eyes to\u2062 marines dead or unconscious lying around me,\u201d Vargas-Andrews had testified while \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-dorn-retired-police-captain-killed-in-june-burglary-receives-act-of-heroism-award\/\" title=\"David Dorn, Retired Police Captain Killed In June Burglary, Receives \u2018Act Of Heroism\u2019 Award\">fighting back tears<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While he was recovering\u2062 at the hospital, Vargas-Andrews was asked by generals if he wanted\u200b to meet the president so he could be thanked for his service. He said he\u200b welcomed\u2062 the idea \u200cbut told the \u200cdoctors he wanted to be off the medication during the meeting so he could\u200b be fully coherent during\u200d the \u2064meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The marine was then told that the president\u2064 would be arriving in \u201cabout \u200ban hour\u201d to \u200bmeet with him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWell, one hour goes by.\u2063 Nothing. Two hours go\u200b by. Nothing,\u201d he said, noting that he continued to hold off on taking his medication. \u201cThree hours go by, and it\u2019s \u2062like\u2062 four hours at this \u200cpoint.\u2062 My mom\u2019s furious.\u200d She\u2019s \u200blike, \u2018What the f\u2014? Where is this guy?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then after around four hours, Secret Service agents began arriving \u2064to secure \u2062the hospital.\u200b When they finally arrived, he said that \u200bhe was confused because he could not remember \u2063who the president was.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI had no idea \u200dwho the \u200dpresident was. \u200cI \u2063didn\u2019t think it \u200cwas Trump. I \u2064didn\u2019t think it was \u200cBiden.\u200d My brain couldn\u2019t make the\u2063 connection,\u201d\u200b he \u2062said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He \u2062said \u2064he asked for clarification\u2062 from his mother, then soon\u200c after the president\u2062 arrived.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Marine \u200cSgt. Tyler \u2062Vargas-Andrews \u200ctells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShawnRyan762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShawnRyan762<\/a> \u200babout his \u2062odd visit with Joe \u200cBiden at \u2062Walter Reed after recovering from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-injured-during-afghanistan-withdrawal-recounts-bidens-weird-visit-to-the-hospital\/\" title=\"Marine hurt in Afghanistan withdrawal shares details of Biden's 'strange' hospital visit.\">double-amputation surgery<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>After Biden tried to awkwardly shake Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews&#8217;s missing \u2064hand, he shared how his mom told President\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YlDJEvEMYG\">pic.twitter.com\/YlDJEvEMYG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200b Steve \u2062Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1688903266124419072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTwo minutes later, he walks in \u2063with \u200bJill\u2063 Biden and their \u2063little entourage of\u200d people and like a photographer,\u201d he recalled. \u201cRight \u2063away, I remember him coming up to me trying to \u200bshake\u200b my hand, shake\u200c my\u200d right \u2064hand, and I look at him, and I\u2019m like, \u2018I don\u2019t have an arm.\u2019 My left\u200d arm \u200dis in this big a\u2013 cast with this giant orange f\u2014ing foam \u2063block around\u200b it. I\u2019m completely \u2062immobile. All I can do is move my head. He says, \u2018Oh,\u2019 \u2062and kind of stands\u2063 up\u2063 and then goes over to reach for my fingers\u2062 \u2026 and just like grabs my\u2064 fingers. Doesn\u2019t \u2064greet \u200bme\u2064 or anything, just grabbed my fingers. I\u200d was like, \u2018OK, that\u2019s weird.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vargas-Andrews said that President \u200dBiden then\u2064 started talking about his son and his son\u2019s service\u2063 in the \u2064military\u2062 without mentioning the recent events or\u200d what\u200c had happened \u2062in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMy mom\u2019s furious \u200cat this point and they\u2019re like taking pictures and stuff,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His mother made it clear to everyone present, including the president, that he should be\u200b taken\u2062 care of by the government \u201cfor the rest \u2062of his \u200dlife.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cShe said that, and I\u2019m sitting\u200c there, and\u200d he\u2063 comes \u200bover to \u200bme, he leans over to me\u201d \u2063he said. \u201cAnd he\u2019s like, \u2018What\u2064 do you want?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just like confused. \u2063I \u200djust got blown up. \u200dI just saw my f\u2014ing friends die next to me. I\u2019m like, \u2018I just want\u200b to be\u2063 myself,\u2019\u201d Vargas-Andrews said after the\u2064 president repeated \u200dhis \u2063question of \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s \u200blike, \u2018Huh,\u2019 and my\u200c mom\u2019s furious, and\u200d she\u2019s like, \u2018He just wants to be himself. He\u200b just wants to be him,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cHe goes, \u2018Oh, okay,\u2019 and they just \u2064continue to\u2063 talk about everything but what\u2063 just happened. They just ushered him \u200dout of the room. He \u2063didn\u2019t\u2062 know what to say. And that was that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Vargas-Andrews said that his mother\u2062 had tried to reach out to the administration later on to try and pass legislation that would help future military members\u200c who get injured and\u200b their families, but that she was\u2062 just\u200d \u201cbrushed off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vargas-Andrews said\u2064 they \u201cpretended\u2063 like \u200dthey were connecting her to the right individuals and didn\u2019t \u2062f\u2014ing help \u200dher \u2062at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed!\u200b Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. \u200dSubscribe here. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Houston\u2063 Astros visit the White House following\u200c their 2022 World \u2062Series win<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nearly two years ago, \u206213 U.S. service \u2062members\u200b were killed during the withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Two Conservative Groups recently filed \u2062a lawsuit to block the Biden\u200b Administration\u2019s \u200cplan\u200b to cancel Student Loans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President \u200bTrump is not\u200c alone in his calls to move the January 6 trial to West Virginia \u200cas the \u2064state\u2019s Attorney General Patrick Morrisey\u2062 has echoed the same call<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BENGALURU\u200c (Reuters) \u2013 South Korea\u2019s Hyundai Motor Group said on Tuesday it plans \u2064to\u2062 launch more electric \u200cvehicles\u2063 under\u200b the Hyundai and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BERLIN (Reuters)\u2062 \u2013\u200b German technology group Robert Bosch said\u200c on Tuesday that it will\u200d establish a joint\u200c venture\u200b with TSMC, Infineon \u2062and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>TAIPEI\u200d (Reuters) \u2013 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing\u2062 Co (TSMC) said \u200con Tuesday\u200c that its \u200cboard \u200dhad \u200bapproved a 3.5 billion euro ($3.8 billion)\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) \u2013\u2063 Meta Platforms is asking a\u200c court in Norway to stop a fine the \u2062Nordic country\u2019s data\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>greeted by Committee Chair U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) as he arrived to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at the U.S. Capitol on March 08, 2023 in Washington, DC. 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