After 13 troops were killed in an August bomb blast outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport Kabul during the United States' exit from Afghanistan, the House has passed a bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to each of them.
The honor has been bestowed fewer than 200 times. Some recipients include mathematician Katherine Johnson, The Little Rock Nine and Holocasut survivor Elie Wiesel.
"Their sacrifice for our country and its allies will never be forgotten and I'm encouraged by the overwhelming bipartisan support for this legislation, which has 325 cosponsors. I urge the Senate to quickly pass this bill so we can properly honor these fallen servicemembers," she told ABC News.
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