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VA Chaplain Grapples with the Toll of War

by Thomas Phillips, NPR
March 25, 2008

It is being reported that the Iraq war has claimed at least 4,000 American lives. Commentator Thomas Phillips knows firsthand about this number.

Phillips is a Veterans Affairs chaplain who receives computer notification whenever a member of the American armed forces is killed. He wishes for the day when notifications naming the dead will stop appearing on his computer screen.

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  • Morning Edition, March 25, 2008
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