70% of Total U.S. Military Fatalities in Afghan War Occurred Under Obama’s Watch

There have been 1,343 U.S. military deaths in the decade-old Afghanistan war since Obama was inaugurated approximately three years ago, according to CNSNews.com’s detailed count.

The 1,343 U.S. fatalities since Obama’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2009 that have been reported up through the month of June 2012 account for 70 percent of the total 1,912 deaths that have taken place in and around Afghanistan since the war was started on Oct. 7, 2001.

So far this year, there have been 155 deaths, which is about 22 percent less than the 198 fatalities that took place during the same period last year (January thru June). May is the deadliest month so far in 2012 with 40 deaths. It is also deadlier than any other May of the war.

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