Obama honors veterans at Arlington on Veterans Day
President Obama carried out the Veterans Day duties at Arlington National Cemetery and visited the section for troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. He spoke of veterans and the fallen, pledged to do right by veterans and families, and spent time with mourners after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
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Wounded U.S. troops in Afghanistan rise amid IED surge
The number of U.S. soldiers wounded in Afghanistan has surged, with October injuries nearly four times higher than a year earlier. Amputations brain injuries and spinal injuries rise from IED blasts and sniper fire. Since 2007 over 70,000 have traumatic brain injury diagnoses. about 1,800 wounded in Afghanistan in the first ten months of the year.
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