{"id":2015800,"date":"2023-08-29T16:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T20:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knee-deep-in-bull-abbey-gate-gold-star-families-demand-answers-on-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T16:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T20:50:39","slug":"knee-deep-in-bull-abbey-gate-gold-star-families-demand-answers-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knee-deep-in-bull-abbey-gate-gold-star-families-demand-answers-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbey Gate Gold Star families seek answers on Capitol Hill, knee-deep in frustration."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fknee-deep-in-bull-abbey-gate-gold-star-families-demand-answers-on-capitol-hill%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=2015800&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--><h2>The Demands \u2064for Accountability:\u2063 Gold \u200bStar Families Seek Answers<\/h2>\n<p>The tragic bombing that took place at the end of the U.S. military&#8217;s \u200b20-year war in Afghanistan still haunts the\u200c hearts of the \u200d13 Gold Star families who lost their loved ones. Now, these families are pushing\u200c for accountability from the Biden administration\u2062 and the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p>At a roundtable event held \u200cin front of House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and other lawmakers, the parents of nine of the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knee-deep-in-bull-abbey-gate-gold-star-families-demand-answers-on-capitol-hill\/\" title=\"Abbey Gate Gold Star families seek answers on Capitol Hill, knee-deep in frustration.\">fallen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">service members<\/a> shared<\/a> their stories. Their sons, daughters,\u200b brothers, and sisters \u2063were among those who \u2063perished in \u2062the devastating Aug. 26, \u20622021, bombing\u200d in Kabul, Afghanistan.\u200b The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-dead-after-suicide-bombing-in-congo-on-christmas-day\/\" title=\"Six Dead After Suicide Bombing in Congo on Christmas Day\">suicide bomber struck<\/a> at\u2062 the gates of Hamid Karzai International Airport, where \u200cthe U.S. military was conducting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-was-trumps-afghanistan-withdrawal-plan-actually-different-from-bidens\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Was Trump\u2019s Afghanistan Withdrawal Plan Actually Different From Biden\u2019s?\">massive evacuation operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>A Demand \u2064for\u2063 Answers<\/h3>\n<p>During the event, the parents expressed their frustration and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/broward-county-school-board-member-admits-she-was-intimidated-into-covering-up-safety-failures-that-contributed-to-marjory-stoneman-douglas-massacre\/\" title=\"Broward County School Board Member Admits She Was \u2018Intimidated\u2019 Into Covering Up Safety Failures That Contributed To Marjory Stoneman Douglas Massacre\">demanded answers<\/a> regarding the \u2064decisions that led to the \u200bbombing. They \u200dalso voiced their collective disappointment with \u200dcurrent military and administration officials, including \u2063President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He will \u2064never have the chance to get married. He will never experience \u200cthe joy of being a father, and \u200bhe would have made one \u2063hell of a dad. \u200dWe will\u2063 never meet our grandkids. Our family name died that\u200b day. Two years have gone by and where are we?\u2064 To be frank, we&#8217;re knee deep in bull****\u2064 is where\u200c we are,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mark \u2062Schmitz, the father of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, said. &#8220;Everyone who held a \u200dkey position in the military still\u200c has that position or\u2063 has been promoted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Darin Hoover, the \u200dfather of Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, went even further and called for the resignation\u2064 of President Biden, Secretary of Defense\u200c Lloyd Austin, and Gen.\u2064 Mark Milley, the\u2062 chairman of the \u200cJoint Chiefs of Staff.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;None of \u2062you have the respect of your men and women anymore,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>he said. &#8220;Do \u2062what\u200d is \u2063right. \u200dIt&#8217;s past time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Deputy Pentagon \u200bspokeswoman Sabrina \u2062Singh responded to the hearing by \u200bstating that the decisions made by U.S. military commanders on the ground in Afghanistan were based on the information \u200cavailable to them at the time. She \u200cemphasized \u2063that the commanders were responding to real-time threats \u2062and that the Department of Defense is proud of the work done\u2064 by service members during the evacuation and throughout the 20-year war.<\/p>\n<h3>A Call for Transparency and Accountability<\/h3>\n<p>Chairman McCaul\u2062 and his\u200d committee are currently investigating the\u2063 chaotic\u2063 withdrawal from Afghanistan. As part\u200b of their efforts, they have secured Lt. Col. Brad Whited\u2064 of\u2062 the Marine Corps\u200d for\u2063 a transcribed interview. This interview is sought after due to previous testimony from Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews, who revealed \u200dthat he had identified a potential \u200bthreat but did not\u200b receive \u2063approval to take action because the authority to do \u2062so was unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Amidst the ongoing investigation, Gen. Mark Milley expressed his commitment to the Gold Star families:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We owe Gold Star families everything. We owe them\u2063 transparency, we \u2064owe them honesty, we owe them accountability. We owe\u200d them\u2063 the truth about what happened to their\u200d loved ones,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Milley said in a statement to Fox News. &#8220;I trust the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps did the best they could\u200b in briefing the families who had loved ones \u2062killed \u200dat Abbey Gate. I believe the briefers \u200cgave every piece of\u200d information \u2064that they could. If there were issues with that, \u2063we need to take whatever corrective action is necessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Deputy Pentagon spokeswoman \u200bSabrina Singh echoed\u200d Milley&#8217;s sentiments, stating that the department welcomes transparency and \u200caccountability. She also highlighted\u200b the exhaustive nature of the investigation conducted\u200c by U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>bombing in Kabul met with President Joe Biden at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. They expressed their frustration and demanded answers regarding the circumstances surrounding their children&#8217;s deaths. 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