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The 12-Year War: 73% of U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan on Obama's Watch

September 11, 2013 - 4:38 AM
By Dennis M. Crowley

In total, 2,144 U.S. military personnel have given their lives fighting in and around Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP File Photo)

In the war that Congress authorized against al Qaeda only three days after that attack, the vast majority of the U.S. casualties have occurred in the last four and a half years during the presidency of Barack Obama.

In fact, according to the CNSNews.com database of U.S. casualties in Afghanistan, 73 percent of all U.S. Afghan War casualties have occurred since Jan. 20, 2009 when Obama was inaugurated.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/denn...n-obamas-watch