Good Morning.
Today is our 2,404th day in Iraq and our 3,101st day in Afghanistan.
We'll start this morning as we always do, with the latest casualty figures from Iraq and Afghanistan, courtesy of Antiwar.com:
American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4372
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4233
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3909
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3513
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 144
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 325
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 949
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 619
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,395
Journalists - Iraq: 335
Academics Killed - Iraq: 431
We find this morning's
cost of war passing through:
$ 950, 625, 850, 000 .00 We'll start 2010 by checking in with our friends at IAVA. Things have been rather quiet there since before Thangsgiving, but with a new number on the calendar, things are starting to get busy again.
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