Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 19, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the last U.S. combat brigade in Iraq crossed the border into Kuwait, bringing to a close the active combat phase for Americans of a 7½-year war that overthrew Saddam Hussein, forever defined the presidency of George W. Bush, and left more than 4,400 American service members and tens of thousands of Iraqis dead.

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Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on August 5, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker overturned California’s gay marriage ban in a strongly worded ruling that could force the U.S. Supreme Court to confront the question of whether same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.

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