{"id":2017829,"date":"2023-08-31T08:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T12:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-will-mark-9-11-anniversary-in-alaska-as-families-urge-admin-not-to-go-through-with-terrorists-plea-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T08:53:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T12:53:37","slug":"biden-will-mark-9-11-anniversary-in-alaska-as-families-urge-admin-not-to-go-through-with-terrorists-plea-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-will-mark-9-11-anniversary-in-alaska-as-families-urge-admin-not-to-go-through-with-terrorists-plea-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden to commemorate 9\/11 in Alaska despite families&#8217; plea against terrorists&#8217; deal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fbiden-will-mark-9-11-anniversary-in-alaska-as-families-urge-admin-not-to-go-through-with-terrorists-plea-deal%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=2017829&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>President Biden to Commemorate 9\/11 Anniversary in Alaska<\/h2>\n<p>President \u200bJoe Biden will\u200b mark the 22nd anniversary of the \u2063Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack at an Alaska military base with service members and their families, according to the\u200b White House.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c president will observe the anniversary at \u2064the military base on the way back from\u2062 his Sept. \u200c10 trip to Hanoi, Vietnam, where he is set to meet with \u200dVietnamese General Secretary Nguyen\u200c Phu Trong\u200c and other leaders to discuss &#8220;ways\u200c to further deepen cooperation&#8221; between the\u2063 two nations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The leaders\u2063 will explore opportunities to promote the growth \u2063of a technology-focused and innovation-driven Vietnamese economy, expand our people-to-people ties through education exchanges and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-will-mark-9-11-anniversary-in-alaska-as-families-urge-admin-not-to-go-through-with-terrorists-plea-deal\/\" title=\"Biden to commemorate 9\/11 in Alaska despite families' plea against terrorists' deal.\">workforce development\u200c programs<\/a>, \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-spends-4-million-to-study-climate-change-impact-on-nepal-child-labor\/\" title=\"Biden administration allocates M to examine Nepal child labor influenced by 'climate change'.\">combat \u2063climate change<\/a>, and increase peace, prosperity, and stability in the region,&#8221; the White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/08\/28\/statement-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-on-president-bidens-travel-to-vietnam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> of the president&#8217;s \u200dvisit to Vietnam.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related \u200dStories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/9-11-terrorists-including-suspected-mastermind-may-avoid-death-penalty-5473534\">9\/11 Terrorists Including Suspected Mastermind May Avoid Death Penalty<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/17\/2023<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<li>\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/san-diego-commemorates-the-fallen-heroes-of-9-11-terrorist-attacks-3995099\">San Diego Commemorates the Fallen Heroes of 9\/11 Terrorist Attacks<\/a><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/13\/2021<\/span>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While President Biden commemorates the Sept. \u200b11 attacks in Alaska, Vice President Kamala Harris and Second \u2063Gentleman Doug Emhoff\u2064 will \u200cmark the \u2063occasion in a commemoration ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City, according to the White\u200b House.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, First Lady Jill Biden will lay a wreath at the National 9\/11 Pentagon Memorial to honor the lives lost\u2064 on Sept. 11,\u200d officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Typically on the \u200canniversary of the\u2063 terror attacks, U.S. presidents have traveled to at least one\u2064 of the sites where a group of terrorists hijacked planes \u200dand crashed into the\u2063 World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon \u2062in Virginia, and an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<h2>Potential Plea Deal<\/h2>\n<p>The attacks, the deadliest in U.S. history, were\u2064 the mastermind of then-al-Qaeda terrorist group leader Osama bin Laden.<\/p>\n<p>They killed 2,977 people.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Bin Laden was killed \u2063by U.S. forces during a raid on his Pakistan compound in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The anniversary comes as more than 2,000 family members of\u200d people who died during the terror attacks signed a letter to \u2064President \u200bBiden protesting potential plea agreements \u2064that are\u2063 reportedly currently being weighed by the government for the five defendants in the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected terrorists, among\u200c them Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, have been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp since 2006.<\/p>\n<p>All of the defendants had sought a \u2064plea bargain during the Trump administration, in return for pleading guilty and cooperating with the government\u2019s investigations into al-Qaeda and 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Trump administration swiftly ruled out any possibility of plea bargains with the terrorists.<\/p>\n<h2>Justice for Victims, Families<\/h2>\n<p>According to an Aug. 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/guantanamo-911-defendants-76fab68b1faa1a7e1634b10951258710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> sent by the Pentagon to the families of those\u2062 who died, &#8220;The Office of the Chief Prosecutor has been negotiating and is considering entering into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-fbi-alert-grieving-9-11-families-architect-of-attack-4-others-may-have-death-penalties-overturned\/\" title=\"Pentagon, FBI notify 9\/11 families: Architect of attack and 4 others may have death penalties revoked.\">pre-trial agreements<\/a> \u2063(PTAs),&#8221; and while no plea agreement &#8220;has been finalized, and may never be finalized, it is possible that a PTA in this\u2062 case would remove the\u200b possibility of the death penalty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the letter, families of those who lost their lives during the terror attacks last week wrote to President Biden urging his administration not to go through with\u200c the plea deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a nation, we have said that we will never forget September 11th, and we must never cease fighting on behalf of those\u2062 we\u2019ve lost,&#8221; they wrote in their <a href=\"https:\/\/lawler.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>, which was signed by Reps. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), and House \u2063Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) among\u2063 others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We owe it to the victims and\u200b their families to deliver\u2064 justice\u2014and \u200bthat should\u2062 mean the death penalty for these murderers,&#8221; \u2063they\u2063 continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are our President, and we ask that you prioritize the interests of\u200d the victims of the 9\/11 \u200cTerrorist Attacks over\u2062 those of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or other terrorists; that you not bow to the demands of<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden will commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the 9\/11 attack at an Alaska military base. He will be accompanied by service members and their families. This event will take place during his return from Hanoi, Vietnam, where he is scheduled to meet with officials on September 10th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":2017830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}