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 »

Bacon Cosponsors McClain’s Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medals to Fallen Servicemembers  WASHINGTON, D.C. –Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) and 157 other cosponsors have joined Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) to introduce legislation posthumously awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the 13 U.S. military servicemembers who were killed in Afghanistan last week.  The legislation will award… 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 »

Washington, D.C.  – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02), member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after the Pentagon announced the completion of the Afghanistan withdrawal:  “My heart is heavy today, knowing the Biden Administration has left behind thousands of Afghan allies and hundreds of U.S. citizens in Afghanistan, including constituents… 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 »

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tissue holders sit atop the conference table where the congressman's aides field frantic requests from constituents desperate for help in getting friends and loved ones out of Afghanistan before it's too late. Read the full story here. Read more »

A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Kabul airport gate where U.S. troops were searching evacuees rushing to depart the country. At least 18 other troops were wounded in the bombing that killed at least 170 people. The attack was the single deadliest enemy strike against U.S. forces in Afghanistan since August 2011, when militants shot down a Chinook helicopter, killing 30 U. S.… Read more »

IN THEIR WORDS: Midwest veterans react to Afghanistan withdrawal U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, a retired brigadier general who was deployed four times to the Middle East. "What is unfolding before our eyes in Afghanistan is a colossal failure, and my heart aches for the Gold Star families who are asking if their loss was in vain, and for the people of Afghanistan who have… Read more »