Trump attends solemn dignified transfer for Iowa guardsmen, civilian killed in Syria ISIS attack
President Donald Trump and participated in the dignified transfer for two members of the Iowa National Guard who were killed in Syria this weekend.The Wednesday transfer at Dover Air Force...
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President Donald Trump and participated in the dignified transfer for two members of the Iowa National Guard who were killed in Syria this weekend. The Wednesday transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware saw the return of Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, return to U.S. soil. The two men were killed in an ambush by an ISIS gunman . Their interpreter, U.S. civilian Ayad Mansoor Sakat, was also killed, and his case was also brought home on Wednesday. War Secretary Pete Hegseth also attended the transfer. First lady Melania Trump was scheduled to attend the event, but she was ultimately unable to participate. WAR SEC. HEGSETH ISSUES STATEMENT AFTER TWO U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN SYRIA ARE IDENTIFIED "The dignified transfer is not a ceremony; rather, it is a solemn movement of the transfer case by a carry team composed of military personnel from the fallen member's respective service," Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations reads. "A dignified transfer is conducted for every U.S. military member who dies in the theater of operation while in the service of their country." Wednesday's event was the first dignified transfer Trump has attended since returning to office in January. FOX NEWS POLITICS NEWSLETTER: HEGSETH RESPONDS AFTER TWO US SOLDIERS KILLED IN SYRIA ARE IDENTIFIED Torres-Tovar and Howard were assigned to 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division of the Iowa National Guard. Meskwaki Nation Police Chief Jeffrey Bunn had identified his son Nate as one of the U.S. service members who was killed in the attack in a Sunday Facebook post. TRUMP ADDRESSES TRIO OF ATTACKS IN SYRIA, BROWN UNIVERSITY, AND AUSTRALIA AT WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS EVENT "My wife Misty and I had that visit from Army Commanders you never want to have. Our son Nate was one of the Soldiers that paid the ultimate sacrifice for all of us, to keep us all safer. He loved what he was doing and would be the first…