Top leaders on Capitol Hill posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to 13 service members killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal on Tuesday, renewing scrutiny over the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the exit in the lead-up to the general election.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) opened the ceremony by apologizing to the families of the fallen.

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