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Sponsor urges creation of "Abigail Remembrance Day" to honor 13 U.S. service members killed at Kabul airport
Summary
At a first hearing on Senate Bill 244, an unnamed sponsor urged the committee to designate Aug. 26 as Abigail Remembrance Day to honor U.S. service members and others killed in the Aug. 26, 2021 attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport. The sponsor read the names of 13 U.S. service members who died and cited casualty figures from the attack.
An unnamed sponsor presented sponsor testimony at the first hearing on Senate Bill 244, asking the Armed Services, Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee to designate Aug. 26 as "Abigail Remembrance Day," commemorating the Aug. 26, 2021 attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
The sponsor told the committee that in August 2021, crowds at Hamid…
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