Biden visits injured service members at Walter Reed

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“Tonight, the president and first lady are visiting wounded warriors at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center,” the White House said in a statement.

Although the White House has not said which members of the service are visiting the Bidens, CNN reported earlier Thursday that there were U.S. Marines Walter Reed who had been wounded in a deadly terrorist attack last week in Kabul, Afghanistan. .

Of the 15 Marines treated Walter Reed, “one is in critical condition, three in serious condition and 11 in stable condition,” said Marine Corps spokesman Jim Stenger.

The bidens visit comes a week after the terrorist bombing outside Kabul airport that killed 13 members of the U.S. service and at least 170 more. The attack came as U.S. troops competed to airlift U.S. citizens and Afghan allies out of the country before the Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline.
Last week, the Pentagon said two “high-profile” ISIS targets had been killed and another wounded in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan, a retaliatory move following the attack on US forces. Americans.

On Sunday, the president and first lady attended what the military described as a “worthy transfer,” when cases involving the remains of 13 U.S. service members killed in the attack returned to the United States.

The transfer, which took place at the Dover Air Force Base in Biden’s home state of Delaware, was also attended by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Joint President of the chief of staff, General Mark Milley, and other senior military officers.

Mike Callahan, Kevin Liptak and CNN DJ Judd contributed to this report.

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