serve after al qaeda attacked us on september 11, 2001. and my heart is with their families and loved ones and with our friends and allies and with our fellow citizens whose lives were lost or changed forever over 20 years before. we remember 2,461 american service members and personnel who paid the ultimate price in this war. and more than 20,000 wounded americans, some still carrying the scars that you can t see on the outside. we also remember the thousands of americans contractors who lost their lives. and hundreds of our allies and partners from nato and beyond.
thoughts have been with the brave americans who stood up to serve after al qaeda attacked us on september 11th, 2001. my heart is with their families and loved ones, and with our friends and allies and with our fellow citizens whose lives were lost or changed forever over 20 years of war. we remember 2,461,000 service members that played the ultimate price in this war. and more than 20,000 wounded americans, some still carrying the scars that you can t see on the outside, and we also remember the thousands of american contractors that lost their lives. hundreds of our allies and partners from nato and beyond,
girls i met, kids being kids at place they called skatistan, growing up in a post-taliban world it still makes me smile. i m thinking too about the afghan family who invited me into their home this is my sons two dads bonding over our shared hope for peace and safety for those whom we love i wonder where his daughters are today. my first trip was during one of the war s bloodiest years, 2010 i think about those americans we watched loaded on stretchers aboard a medevac flight one chilly night. and the amazing heroes dedicated to bringing wounded americans home alive. there is a lot of pride in taking our troops home, taking care of them. two years later, on another visit, american commanders were eager to share with us tangible symbols of progress. we watched american instructors teach afghan commandos who
pelosi wants to be house speaker again. most americans don t feel the same way. carly shimkus with reaction to the new polling out this morning. why can t we be friends why can t we be friends this isn t just any moving day.
dover air force base just before midnight. he was killed during his third combat deployment to afghanistan. our thoughts and prayers to the loved ones, the united states is grateful for their service and in debt of their sacrifice. reporter: hours later roadside bomb killed 3 american troops and wounded another three troops and an american contractor, just a few days ago the top us commander in afghanistan was photographed caring his rifle during a routine meeting with local leaders, a deterrent message that raised eyebrows a month after general miller found himself in the midst of a firefight, a symbol of how dangerous this area close to the capital has become. wounded americans flown by helicopter to a us military hospital. the pentagon is withholding the names of those killed and wounded away from next of kin notification, 79 troops severely wounded in afghanistan this year, 12 americans killed in combat. after 17 years of war us