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I am not sure how many people got an email (click here for a sample of the email text) forward about military deaths during the Clinton administration versus the death toll under the current administration.  The email caught my attention because the numbers were pretty amazing.  Turns out they were too amazing.  I went and looked at the Congressional Research Services (CRS) report that was listed as a resource for these ‘damning’ statistics and the numbers were way off. 

The truth doesn’t need to be stretched, and the person who popped out this email is doing a disservice to those really trying make a reasoned choice between Obama and Hillary. 

Perhaps the only “story” with respect to the military is that former President Clinton never gained approval for aggresive action.  President Bush did.  You may not like the reasons, but at least he followed the Constitutional channels for waging war.  President Clinton ignored them.