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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the Gold Star moms was just on Fox and said that Harris and Biden were invited but they didn’t respond.  DP.[/quote]

That seems unlikely enough that it makes me really wonder who sent the invitation, as well as when, where and how.  If the invitations were sent via whatever the proper channels might be, it’s difficult to imagine that both offices wouldn’t have at least sent letters expressing regrets.  Both offices must get hundreds of invitations each week. A response would have been routine.  So, definitely something I’m curious about. Was a letter sent to the right offices, a few months in advance?  Did someone send a tweet a few days ahead of the event?  This all seems quite odd. [/quote]

My theory is that some Trump aide heard the dad’s speech at the RNC and cooked up the ceremony. I doubt that the families had the wherewithal to secure honor guards to attend.  The date of the “invitations” will support me on this.  An acting president can’t always drop everything to attend a ceremony, and if he did, it would imply that he should attend constant anniversaries of honorable deaths. President Biden attended their honorable transfer three years ago at Dover.  When the president gazed at rosary beads he had wrapped around his wrist, MAGA media exploded with the accusation that he was looking at his watch. [/quote]

You are wrong. The date of the ceremony was the actual anniversary of the bombing.

Arlington provides the Military personnel to support the ceremony.

You are just so wrong.

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I don’t see rosary beads.
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How come only the one family was involved in "the ceremony" and not all 13 families?  If it's supposedly some kind of "official ceremony for the anniversary of the attack" then why were the other 12 families excluded from it?

And did Trump attend the 1st anniversary "official ceremony?"  Or the 2nd anniversary "official ceremony?"  The answer is no, because there was no such "official ceremony" and more to the point, because it wasn't an election year and Trump didn't give a shit because it only meant something to him if he could use it as a political stunt.

And, it's very well known he wears rosary beads on that wrist with that watch but they may be above or below where the watch band is, and either way  are typically hidden by his shirt cuff.

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It's YOU who is "just so wrong."[/quote]

You have repeated that only one Abbey Gate Family participated in the Wreath Laying ceremony and the other 12 were “excluded.”

Source?
Citation?

Where are you getting that information from?[/quote]

Face it. Trump has angered many people with his sacrilege.

The rabbit hole of the “ceremony” details are irrelevant. [/quote]

You are just making crap up.

If the details are irrelevant, then why are you lying about the Wreath Laying Ceremony?[/quote]

Why was only one family involved in this supposed "Wreath Laying Ceremony?"  Why wasn't Trump there for the 1st or 2nd Anniversary?  Why weren't Arlington rules being followed if it was supposedly an official Arlington ceremony?

The answer is that this was NOT an official Wreath Laying Ceremony.  It was a political stunt, orchestrated by a family member who spoke at the RNC convention, meant to try and cast shame on the Biden admin just 2 months before the election.   Though, as we all know, Trump was responsible for setting up and sabotaging the Afghanistan withdrawal before Biden even got into office. [/quote]

[b]A wreath was laid by the family of Sgt Nicole Gee; a wreath was laid for the Abbey Gate 13.

Both wreath laying ceremonies were official US Army Wreath laying ceremonies.[/b]

Sgt Nicole Gee’s family had to secure private help (outside of the DOD) to transport her body to Arlington for her burial in ANC.

In a message Wednesday to The Sacramento Bee, Christy Shamblin, Gee’s mother-in-law, said the family was fortunate to have the help of Honoring Our Fallen, a nonprofit organization, which found a private pilot who donated the transport, sparing them the hefty price tag.

“Not every family was so fortunate,” she said.

Honoring Our Fallen supports “the dignified transfer, arrival, and burial of fallen active duty military and first responders,” Laura Herzog, the nonprofit’s founder and CEO, said in a statement sent to The Bee Thursday.

“To avoid having Sgt. Gee’s remains be transported via a commercial airline, I personally secured an in-kind donation of a flight in a private aircraft,” Herzog said.

“No monies were exchanged or expected to be paid by our organization or the family. This was a donation made by a veteran who donated this service to us to assist us in honoring Sgt. Gee,” she added.

The Pentagon official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that “Marine Corps casualty assistance officers were in direct communication with Sgt. Gee’s family, and they remain in contact today.” The official told McClatchyDC, The Bee’s Washington bureau, that “the Marine Corps stayed consistent with its policy that all costs associated with internment be borne by the government.”

“The Marine Corps takes very seriously the transfer of remains of our Marines,” the official said, “they never leave a Marine behind, and they care for the families of their fallen Marines.”

After her death, the Department of Defense originally paid for Gee’s remains to be transported to her family in Roseville, where a local funeral was held for her. However, the department later “declined to cover the cost of transportation to her final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery.”

“Gold Star families have given too much to be treated so poorly,” the Rocklin Republican wrote.

https://amp.sacbee.com/news/local/article277683098.html
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If "official" (no idea how you define that or verify that) then why only one of the dead get a personal wreath? And if "official" why were they so careless about photographing the headstone of another soldier with no connection to the bombing, which is EXPLICITLY against the rules? [/quote]

There were two wreaths laid; one for Sgt. Gee and another for the Abbey Gate 13.

The grave markers are close and half of another marker was in a photograph. If you think that is a tragedy you should read about what happened to the Abbey Gate 13 and remember their faces and names. They didn’t have to die as Biden had multiple warnings about a an imminent terrorist attack at Hamid Kharzi airport. [/quote]

No. The original photo had the entirety of the marker of the Green Beret who served eight combat tours. Part of the attempted cleanup was to cut out part of the group and part of the marker.

But still. Trump was wrong. It’s nobody’s fault but his own. [/quote]

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