House Speaker Ryan: Khan family sacrifice should be honored

[August 01, 2016]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, responding to remarks by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, said on Sunday said Muslim fallen Army Captain Humayun Khan made the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar

"His sacrifice - and that of Khizr and Ghazala Khan - should always be honored. Period." Ryan said in a statement.

(Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Susan Cornwell; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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