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VA Chaplain Grapples with the Toll of War

NPR | By Thomas Phillips

Published March 25, 2008 at 5:00 AM CDT

It is being reported that the Iraq war has claimed at least 4,000 American lives. Commentator Thomas Phillips knows firsthand about this number.

Phillips is a Veterans Affairs chaplain who receives computer notification whenever a member of the American armed forces is killed. He wishes for the day when notifications naming the dead will stop appearing on his computer screen.

Thomas Phillips