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Nearly two months have passed since Saddam Hussein's capture, yet American soldiers still are dying at a rate of more than one a day. As of Monday, the total number of soldiers killed in the conflict in Iraq is 530 men and women and well over 3,000 have been injured. Sunday on NBC's Meet The Press with Tim Russert, President Bush was asked if Hussien's capture and the lack of finding weapons of mass destruction justified the loss of American lives. His response was, "It's essential that I explain this properly to the parents of those who lost their lives....

Dorothy Oxendine presides over American Gold Star Mothers Inc., a national organization of women whose sons and daughters have died in military service to the nation. (Photo by Mark Abraham) AMERICAN IDENTITY With the Iraq War, a New Generation of Gold Star Mothers BY DELIA M. RIOS More stories by Delia M. Rios WASHINGTON -- As Dorothy Oxendine knows, the most dreaded words a parent can hear are "We regret to inform you ..." She lost her only son, Pfc. Willie F. Oxendine III, to a land mine in Vietnam on May 30, 1968. His death at age 21...

Names of the four US Marines who died in yesterday's helicopter crash: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md. The Pentagon has just released the names of two more US Marines who were killed in Iraq. I'll post as soon as I find that.