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Tuesday, March 19, 2013  U.S. war costs last for more than a century, monthly payments to Civil War vet families

Friday, June 08, 2012  AP IMPACT: US troops are killing themselves at fastest pace since nation began a decade of war

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  Iraq veteran in Las Vegas writes rap songs to self-treat his PTSD

Thursday, December 15, 2011  Panetta leads ceremony marking formal end of America's deadly, divisive war in Iraq

Thursday, December 01, 2011  Vice President Biden says Iraq's government can survive, and thrive, after American forces have left

Friday, October 28, 2011  Anti-Wall Street protesters hold vigils for Iraq War vet injured during police clash

Friday, October 21, 2011  Story completely updated, video added: President Obama declares an end to the Iraq war, that all troops will be brought home by year's end.

Sunday, September 11, 2011  A young American generation who grew up in nation at war now fight the war themselves

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Independent panel says as much as $60 billion lost to waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan

Thursday, November 11, 2010  The specialist could face less-than-honorable discharge or jail when he turns himself in Thursday

Tuesday, November 09, 2010  Gates urges Iraq to make political bargain, says US open to idea of keeping troops there

Tuesday, October 26, 2010  Story update: A New York City police unit that tracks terror threats on the Internet played a key role in the arrest of a New York man accused of trying to join the Taliban by enlisting in the U.S. military

Sunday, October 24, 2010  Leaked Iraq war logs highlight risk that scheduled US military pullout could lead to chaos

Saturday, October 23, 2010  Huge leak of Iraq war documents shows thousands of Iraqi civilian deaths went unreported

Friday, October 22, 2010  WikiLeaks plans 'major' announcement within hours as Pentagon braces for massive Iraq war leak