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I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace. - George W. Bush
These are just 6 of the 2,473 families that have lost loved ones in Iraq.
Dave Rowe kissed the headstone of his son, Army Sergeant Michael D. Rowe, as he comforted his son’s pregnant widow yesterday in Bushnell Fla. (C.D. McGonigal/ The Daily Commercial via Associated Press)
Tony Nave, 6, son of U.S. Marine Maj. Kevin G. Nave, hugs a teddy bear after a funeral service, Saturday, April 5, 2003, at St. Patrick Church in White Lake, Mich. Nave, who was killed in action in Iraq on March 26, 2003, was the first serviceman from Michigan known to die in the war against Iraq. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Steve Perez)
Dean Cunningham, son of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Darren Cunningham, weeps as he hugs the U.S. flag that draped his father's coffin, during a funeral ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004, in Arlington, Va. SSgt. Cunningham, the 88th soldier interred in Arlington National Cemetery from Operation Iraqi Freedom, died Sept. 30 in Baghdad when his unit came under mortar attack. Cunningham was assigned to the Forth Hood, Texas, based 89th Military Police Brigade. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Kim Hitzges, center, mother of Army Spc. Chad Keith and her husband Mark Hitzges cry during funeral services for Sgt. Keith, Friday, August 1, 2003, at Arlington National Cemetery. Kieth of Batesville, Ind., was killed on July 7 when a roadside bomb exploded as his vehicle was patrolling Bagdad, Iraq. At right is Keith's stepbrother Alex Hitzges (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Ruby Ann Mann Powell, center, wife of Army Spc. James Edward Powell holds their daugher, Lauren, as members of Alpha Troop 1/16 Cavalry Regiment fold the United States flag during funeral services for Spc. Powell at Lebanon Junction cemetery Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, in Lebanon Junction, Ky. Powell was killed in Iraq two weeks ago while serving with the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division based in Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/The News Enterprise, Neal Cardin)
Ronald Ramirez, brother of U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Ramirez, buries his face in his hands as a U.S. flag, a cross, the puple heart and bronze star medals lay in the lap of their mother, Irene Ramirez, during funeral services for Sgt. Ramirez at Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in McAllen, Texas, Thursday, April 22, 2004. Christopher Ramirez, 34, of the 3rd Infantry Division based in Fort Stewart, Ga., died the week before in an ambush in Fallujah, Iraq, the second of two Edinburg, Texas, men to die recently in combat. (AP Photo/The Monitor, James Nedock)
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