The Afghan family almost made it. They could see the Marines on the other side of the Taliban checkpoint, some 300 yards away. The Taliban were even handing out water. It seemed virtually certain that the family would be on their way to join relatives in Nebraska. But as they waited their turn at the checkpoint, two trucks pulled up, and newly arrived Taliban militants… Read more »

Some Republican members of Congress are pushing back on Biden administration figures of Americans left behind in Afghanistan after the last U.S. troops left the country on Monday, arguing they do not give the full picture of who is stranded under Taliban rule.  President Joe Biden said in an address Tuesday that “about 100 to 200 Americans remain in Afghanistan,” and that… Read more »

Members of Congress and their staffers who scrambled to help Americans and their Afghan allies evacuate Afghanistan before this week’s withdrawal deadline have revealed some of the frantic messages they received from people desperate to leave in recent days.  Multiple outlets, including The New York Post, reported on the difficulties facing would-be evacuees who attempted… Read more »

Thirteen service members who died in the Kabul terrorist attack may be awarded Congressional Gold Medals, including Omaha Marine Corporal Daegan Page.  Congressman Jeff Fortenberry said in a statement Tuesday he's cosponsored a bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military service members who died last week in a terrorist attack near the Kabul… Read more »

The family of a 23-year-old Marine from Omaha said last Friday he was among 13 U.S. service members killed in the suicide bombing attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.  Corporal Daegan William-Tyeler Page served in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment based at Camp Pendleton, California. Read the full story here. Read more »

As hard as Kevin McCarthy has hammered the White House over the chaotic and deadly U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, he’s under rising pressure from his right to go further. The House minority leader has repeatedly pushed back on rank-and-file Republicans who want to make a high-stakes call for impeaching Biden over his handling of Afghanistan — a vow that would come due should the GOP… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The family of a 23-year-old Marine from Omaha said Friday he was among 13 U.S. service members killed in the suicide bombing attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.  Corporal Daegan William-Tyeler Page served in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment based at Camp Pendleton, California. [...] U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican from Nebraska, said in a… Read more »

Fri, August 27, 2021, 7:32 PM·8 min read     A young husband with a child on the way. Another man who always wanted to be in the military. A man who planned to become a sheriff’s deputy when his deployment ended. Heartwrenching details began emerging Friday about some of the 13 U.S. troops killed in a horrific suicide bombing at Afghanistan’s… Read more »

For the last few weeks, Felix Ungerman’s days have been filled with international phone calls, notes scribbled on his hands and efforts to keep his emotions in check. Ungerman is the deputy chief of staff for Congressman Don Bacon. He’s also a veteran of the Afghanistan War. Now, he’s on a mission of his own to get Afghans with American ties to safety. "We know time is very short. We… Read more »

Lawmakers have their thoughts and prayers with the Page family as they mourn the loss of U.S. Marine Corporal Daegan Page of Nebraska.  Page, 23, was a former Millard South student who joined the Marines in 2019. Read the full story here. Read more »