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Anguish, Raw Emotions At Ceremony For Fallen Soldiers As Trump Looks On

Trump cut a rally short to be on hand at Dover Air Force Base as the remains of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan were returned to U.S. soil.
President Trump and military personnel salute during a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base for fallen U.S. Army sergeants Javier J. Gutierrez and Antonio R. Rodriguez.

The silence was broken suddenly and unexpectedly. A woman burst out from a tent at Dover Air Force Base where families waited for a ceremony marking the return of their loved ones' remains to U.S. soil.

Screaming and running toward a massive gray C-17 transport plane, the woman made it part way up the ramp toward the cargo hold, her footsteps reverberating on the metal ramp as relatives and a service member tried to catch her and hold her back.

It was

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