arlington national cemetery to participate in the somber ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier and he ll deliver remarks at arlington. it is notable, while we don t have a preview of president biden s remarks for today, this is the first memorial day that he will be honoring the lives of fallen service members since that withdrawal of u.s. forces from the war in afghanistan. 2,461 americans died in that war. that was something that president biden said as he pulled out those troops that he did not want to risk of lives of more service members by prolonging that war. very notable, later this afternoon the president will also participate in a tree-planting ceremony on the south lawn of the white house. he and the first lady alongside the family members of fallen service members will plant a magnolia tree on the south lawn. jeremy, before you go, just speak about what we saw this weekend, yesterday in uvalde, texas. i mean, the president once again for the second time in two weeks
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they urgently need someone like you to care, so please call or go online to savesponsor.org right now. thank you. 2021 remembered as the year the war in afghanistan came to an end after merely 20 years. but the u.s. departure was mired in chaos, and marred by violence and the taliban who were in charge before the u.s. invaded the country after the september 11th attacks are in control once again. nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel takes a look back at the biggest foreign story of this past year. reporter: 20 years, 2,461 american soldiers killed. tens of thousands of afghans, killed. 2 trillion dollars spent.
stories, the end of the 20 year war in afghanistan. and chief foreign correspondent richard engel looks back at the withdraw and the nation america left behind now consumed by turmoil. reporter: 20 years, 2461 american soldiers killed, tens of thousands of afghans killed, $2 trillion spent. so much blood and treasure, only for it all to end in inigmy. the afghan military which washington spent $88 billion to train and equip collapsed. the u.s.-backed president fled the country. and the taliban swept into kabul. afghans rushed to the airport. escape seemed like the safest