This afternoon, I travel to White Bear Lake to record a candidate statement for the Ramsey/Washington Counties Suburban Cable Commission, through its Government Television Network (GTN).

The statement will be cablecast multiple times on GTN TV-16 prior to the Sept. 9 primary.

GTN TV-16 Candidate Statement

HUMAN TOLL OF IRAQ WAR CONTINUES TO RISE

U.S. Soldier Dies in Baghdad

Aug. 27, 2008

BAGHDAD – The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of wounds suffered in a roadside bombing in northeast Baghdad.

A U.S. statement says the soldier’s vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb Tuesday. …

The latest death brings to 20 the number of American soldiers who have died in Iraq this month. That’s up from the 13 deaths suffered in July but still well below monthly tolls of a year ago.

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As of Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at least 4,148 members of the U.S. military have died; 30,568 have been wounded in hostile action; and an additional 33,000 service members have been injured in non-hostile action in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003.

Remember Their Sacrifice

ECONOMIC COST OF THE IRAQ WAR

War costs US families $20,000 (AP, Nov. 13, 2007)
Congressional report looks at ‘hidden’ costs like surge in oil prices

Iraq costs US $12 billion per month (AP, March 9, 2008)
Economists project much higher ‘burn rate’ than government estimates