A four-year campaign to clear Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, shot dead by a U.S. Capitol Police officer as she attempted to access the House floor on Jan. 6, 2021 , has ended successfully with the Defense Department agreeing to grant her full military funeral honors.

In a letter to Babbitt’s mother and husband, Undersecretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier wrote, “On behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force, I write to extend the offer for Military Funeral Honors for SrA Ashli Babbitt. I understand that the family’s initial request was denied by Air Force leadership in a letter dated February 9, 2021. However, after reviewing the circumstances of Ashli’s death, and considering the information that has come forward since then, I am persuaded that the previous determination was i

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