9/11 Turns Eleven: Three Major Lasting Impacts | The Lowdown - 8 views
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According to U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, roughly 3.1 million Americans entered military service between 2001 and 2011, and nearly 2 million were deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq. More than 6,000 American troops have been killed, and roughly 44,000 wounded.
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The budgets of the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration and Border Patrol have all more than doubled since 2001.
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And it was only in December 2011 that we pulled our remaining troops out of Iraq