contract is a contract i ll get back to you soon. however, pelosi s deputy chief of staff drew hammel responded to be clear the speaker s office never received a, quote, written acceptance from the president. president trump attended the dig any if i had transfer ceremony for the four americans killed in last week s suicide terror attack in syria which isis has now claimed responsibility for. army chief foreign officer jonathan farmee, navy chief shannon kent, civilian operations support specialist and former navy s.e.a.l. scott wirtz and gadir tahir were killed in the attack. prior to departing on saturday he discussed what the ceremonies mean to him while giving an update on the status of isis. i think it s the toughest thing i have to do, when i m going to meet relatives of some of our great, great heroes that have fallen, i think it might be the toughest thing i have to do
this past hour on another front he was at dover air force base for that dignified transfer ceremony. of the four americans who were killed this week. he met with the families of those americans including the three who have been identified. that suicide attack prompted a fresh round up schism. this morning i m he defended that move. it s moving along very well. for russia and iran. in syria for iraq. for a lot of other places.
them, another coalition member, to try and prevent any such attacks. but the last couple of weeks, very, very grim. as you say, this major, this mayor was the father of seven children. and within the coming hours at dover air force base, we expect to see his remains returned in that dignified transfer ceremony we ve seen all too often. the mayor left behind a final facebook posting, reflecting a bit of his life at home and his life in afghanistan, talking about elections in both places, urging people to vote here in this country and to vote as americans, not necessarily republicans or democrats. brooke? i ve had those words reverberating ever since i read them over the weekend, and i just want to share them with everyone watching. barbara, thank you so much. because those mourning major taylor s loss are now finding inspiration and hope in his last facebook post. so in his own words, let me read this for you. it was beautiful to see over 4 million afghan men and women
there. does that not give them pause? well, i would think that it would. some charities step up. one thing we saw in 2013, a lot of average about a death gratuity. i thought it was an unusual term. when an individual dies in service, doesn t necessarily mean in gatt, they almost immediately get a payment to pay for any kind of immediate needs. they also have the option of traveling to dover if the individual was killed overseas to see the remains return in a dignified transfer ceremony. in 2013, the foundation, a tremendous charity that does a lot of good for families in the military, they stepped in and m continued those payments in the shutdown is. we see groups that will step up as they did with fisher in 2013.
kelly and any family that has lost someone in combat would rather not be made into a political football either way. as i said before, i think it s important for us to reduce the amount of pollicization here of questions that the president first brought up about who does and who doesn t reach out to the families of the fallen. in my experience, president obama took very seriously his responsibilities in the times that i joined him at a dignified transfer ceremony in dover, but i frankly think what matters most is we encourage our current president to be more of a unifier and that all of us involved in politics focus on the losses of those who served and lost their lives in the line of duty. yeah, it s a heartbreaking story. of course our deepest, deepest condolences to all of the families of those who have served this country and fallen in battle. senator, there s a lot more there are more important develops, very important