{"id":19464,"date":"2025-12-05T05:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T05:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=19464"},"modified":"2025-12-05T05:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T05:36:56","slug":"trump-orders-flags-at-half-staff-for-fallen-national-guardswoman-sarah-beckstrom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnews.topnewsource.com\/?p=19464","title":{"rendered":"Trump Orders Flags at Half-Staff for Fallen National Guardswoman Sarah Beckstrom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">President Donald Trump has ordered American flags across the nation and around the globe to be flown at half-staff. The directive is in honor of fallen National Guardswoman Sarah Beckstrom. Specialist Beckstrom was callously shot just blocks away from the White House on Thanksgiving eve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Trump issued the proclamation Thursday morning. Shortly after, the flags on the White House grounds were lowered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The proclamation directs flags to be flown at half-staff \u201cupon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset\u201d on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2248353238-640x480.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations,\u201d the order adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The President emphasized the act as \u201ca mark of respect for the memory of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Authorities have identified 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal as the gunman. He is accused of shooting 20-year-old Beckstrom and 24-year-old National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe. Both are from West Virginia. The shooting occurred near the Farragut West Metro Station on November 26. This location is just blocks northwest of the White House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Trump spoke about Beckstrom during Tuesday\u2019s cabinet meeting. He said she \u201cwas an incredible person, highly respected, top of her class\u2026 She was like a perfect human being; twenty years old, just started. She was like a baby.\u201d Trump also added that \u201cshe loves her parents, and they loved her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He also provided an update on Wolfe\u2019s condition. The Guardsman is \u201cfighting for his life\u201d after being critically wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"9\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lakanwal, who is from Afghanistan, entered the United States in September 2021. He arrived through former President Joe Biden\u2019s Operation Allies Welcome following Biden\u2019s Afghanistan withdrawal. Lakanwal allegedly shouted \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d during the attack, using a .357 Smith &amp; Wesson revolver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"10\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lakanwal was charged on Tuesday, per the Associated Press. The charges include \u201cfirst-degree murder, assault with intent to kill, and illegal possession of a firearm.\u201da<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has ordered American flags across the nation and around the globe to be flown at half-staff. The directive is in honor of fallen National Guardswoman Sarah Beckstrom. Specialist Beckstrom was callously shot just blocks away from the White House on Thanksgiving eve. Trump issued the proclamation Thursday morning. 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