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President Donald Trump will undertake one of the most solemn duties facing the commander in chief on Wednesday. Trump will witness the dignified transfer for two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert. The ritual at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware honors U.S. service members killed in action. Trump, who traveled to Dover several times in his first term as president, once described it as “the toughest thing I have to do” as president. The two guardsmen killed in the attack Saturday were Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, according to the U.S. Army.