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many nationalities including tens of thousands of afghans and air lifting them out. they also providing vital support right now caring for afghans on military bases in europe, the middle east, and here in the united states. we have seen pictures of u.s. service members at the kabul airport cradling babies, comforting families. that s the kind of compassion and courage our men and women in uniform exemplify this carried out this mission under the constant threat of terrorist violence and four days ago, 11 marines, one navy medic and one soldier were killed by a suicide bomber at the airport gate as well as scores of afghans. nearly all of them were in their early 20 s. just babies or toddlers on september, 2011. these deaths are devastating loss for our country. we at the state department feel them deeply.

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