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Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport yesterday.

According to the Pentagon, 13 U.S. service members were killed and 18 others were injured.

At least 90 Afghans were killed as well, and another 140 were wounded.

President Biden addressed the nation, speaking directly to those responsible for the attack.

We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay, he said.

Many are responding by blaming or defending the Biden administration,

identifying the attackers and describing their motives, and speculating on consequences for

Americans still in Afghanistan and around the world. Here's a point I do not want us to miss.

Every U.S. soldier who died or was wounded chose to risk their lives to defend America

and Americans.

Yesterday's tragedy brings this fact home in a powerful and poignant way we should consider

today.

I have often quoted my friend Clint Bruce, a former U.S. Navy SEAL and NFL player who,

when asked to identify his favorite football game, chose the Army Navy contest. Clint explained,

it's the only game in America where every player on the field is willing to die for every person in the

stands. I'm moved every time I remember his powerful words. America's military is serving

today in more than 150 countries on all seven continents. Around 150,000 to 200,000 women and men

are deployed at any one time.

Each has taken an oath to obey the orders of their Commander-in-Chief and their superior officers,

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