Biden speaks to families of troops killed in Jordan, to attend dignified transfer

Published January 30, 2024 1:43pm ET



President Joe Biden spoke on Tuesday with the relatives of the three U.S. service members who were killed this weekend in Jordan, according to a White House spokesperson.

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 were killed in the drone strike on Sunday that targeted a small U.S. military base in northeast Jordan, known as Tower 22. 

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