Veterans For America

July has proven to be a deadlier month for American troops serving in Afghanistan than for those serving in Iraq.  Nancy Youssef reports: “As of Tuesday, 11 U.S. service members had died in Iraq and 20 in Afghanistan in July, according to icasualties.org, which tracks coalition casualties in both wars.  If the July statistics hold, they’ll mark the lowest American military death toll in Iraq, and the second highest toll in Afghanistan, after June, when 27 U.S. troops were killed there and 29 Americans were killed in Iraq.”

America’s veterans seem poised to play an important part in this year’s presidential elections as both Sens. McCain and Obama are aggressively seeking their votes.  As one observer notes, “They not only have votes, they live in families and families have votes.”