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More than 5,000 U.S. troops killed since 9/11

By Paige Winfield Cunningham
Published May 30, 2016 4:47pm ET
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More than 5,000 U.S. troops killed since 9/11
U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Joseph Dunford noted that more than 1 million Americans troops have been killed in all the wars since the U.S. became a nation. (AP Photo/Robert E. Klein) | Robert E Klein

More than 5,000 U.S. servicemen and women have been killed since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Joseph Dunford said in a Memorial Day address on Monday.

“These statistics are compelling, but they don’t begin to capture the enormity of the sacrifice,” Dunford said at Arlington National Cemetery during remarks leading up to an address by President Obama.

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