On Friday, President Joe Biden attended the dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, where the remains of three American service members were repatriated in flag-draped coffins. First Lady Jill Biden and cabinet members including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin accompanied Biden.
The American soldiers, who lost their lives in a drone strike in Jordan, near the Syrian border, were identified by the Pentagon on Monday as three Army Reservist members assigned to Fort Moore in Georgia: Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Ga.; Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Ga.; and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Ga.
At least 25 other service members were injured in the strike. Iranian-backed militias are ascribed responsibility for the attack; while the administration is tight-lipped on what its response will…
