Retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Scott Mann participated in Operation Pineapple Express to evacuate Afghan allies during the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan

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During the August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, the United States military left behind an estimated 80 billion dollars in hardware and equipment

The Gary Sinise Foundation organizes student educational trips to military and memorial sites including the World Trade Center site, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania

The United States spent an estimated $7 trillion on military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq

The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks preceded the United States military invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq

Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein presided over multiple federal lawsuits arising in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

Taliban representatives approached the George W. Bush administration in late 2001 and early 2002 seeking a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan

The George W. Bush administration rejected early post-2001 settlement overtures from defeated Taliban elements in Afghanistan

The United States Supreme Court rejected an appeal by three detainees accused of plotting the September 11 attacks seeking to reinstate a plea agreement that excluded the death penalty

United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin overrode an announced plea deal that would have spared three accused September 11 plotters the death penalty

Alex Marengetes was initially tasked by NIST to investigate the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11

Alex Marengetes's research concluded that fires melted the steel beams of the World Trade Center, causing the towers to collapse

The War on Terror has a current and projected cost of $6 trillion to U.S. taxpayers

The War on Terror resulted in the deaths of 200,000 Iraqi civilians

There has not been a repeat of the 9/11 attacks on U.S. soil

The War on Terror resulted in the deaths of 66,000 Afghan police and military personnel

American contractors in the War on Terror performed quasi-military tasks including base protection, VIP protection, and intelligence support

7,000 U.S. service members died during the War on Terror

8,000 American contractors died during the War on Terror

The War on Terror resulted in the deaths of 45,000 Afghan civilians

A lingering political need to appear tough on foreign policy, stemming from the post-9/11 era, influences some Democrats' messaging