As U.S. deaths in Afghanistan rise, military families grow critical
Some families of service members killed in the war say the rules of engagement protect Afghan civilians at the expense of American troops. U.S. combat tolls have peaked this summer.
By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times
September 2, 2010
Reporting from Queensbury, N.Y. — Bill and Beverly Osborn still can't bring themselves to erase the phone message from their son Ben. He had called from Afghanistan in June to assure them that he was safe. Four days later, he was killed in a Taliban ambush.
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