Iraq War

A new post from MSNBC shows that 4,551 people were killed while on the job in the U.S. in 2009. MSNBC says that number eclipses the total number of U.S. fatalities for the nine-year Iraq War. MSNBC also links to an article by the Center for Public Integrity, which says that "combined with the 50,000 people who die annually from work-related diseases, it's as if a fully loaded Boeing 737-700 c

President Barack Obama finally made good on his 2008 campaign promise to end the war in Iraq. On Wednesday, the president was at Fort Bragg in North Carolina to welcome troops returning home from Iraq for the last time.