Dignitaries board the transport plane for a prayer before a dignified transfer at Dover in 2019. The remains of the 13 US troops killed in an ISIS-K suicide blast are currently en route to Dover Air Force Base
* Remains of 13 fallen US troops are currently en route to Dover AFB, the Pentagon said on Saturday
* Pentagon spokesman John Kirby would not specify a time of arrival or whether Biden would be present
* Dover is the designated transfer point for returning the remains of service members from overseas
* Across the country, citizens are expressing their grief in tributes to the fallen heroes
The remains of the 13 US troops killed in an ISIS-K suicide blast are currently en route to Dover Air Force Base for dignified transfer, according to the Pentagon.
'The remains of the 13 individuals who were killed are on their way back to the United States, but I am not at liberty to give you their precise arrival,' Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Saturday.
Kirby declined to confirm whether President Joe Biden would attend the dignified transfer at the base in Delaware, his home state, which is the domestic intake point for US military fatalities abroad.
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WNU Editor: President Biden should be at the airport if it is possible.