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2024-08-16 01:58:07 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DF44E13C142135032AF342E4C5532CBC569FD1E9B5EA94A49CE655DF4A486E7B
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This blatantly untrue assertion has been repeatedly debunked. During the period of Trump’s presidency (January 20, 2017 - January 20, 2021) there were 45 combat deaths among U.S. service members in Afghanistan, as well as 18 “non-hostile” U.S. casualties. https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/ofs/byMonth https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/uscode.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=38-USC-124915606-1019703127&term_occur=999&term_src=title:38:part:II:chapter:24:section:2402#:~:text=(2)%20The%20term%20%E2%80%9Chostile,while%20hospitalized%20or%20undergoing%20treatment https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/verabergengruen/these-us-troops-were-killed-in-combat-during-trumps-first https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/11/28/trump-defends-staying-in-afghanistan-after-troop-deaths/ https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/22/politics/fact-check-pence-pompeo-haley-miller-afghanistan/index.html
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