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Do you know all the places American troops are currently deployed? How many active duty soldiers are fighting for, ostensibly, American safety right now? How many US troops died in combat last year? Do you even care?
Recently, The New York Times shut down it’s “At War” project. A collection of essays, opinion pieces, and reporting on how war affects America and how America affects war. It was a good place and we’ve had numerous contributors to it on the show over the years, including Kelsey Atherton and CJ Chivers. Now it’s gone and for those of us who report on conflict, it feels like no one is really paying attention.
Here to help us process this today is Matt Gallagher. Gallagher is a novelist and U.S. Army veteran who served in the Iraq war. His books include Kaboom, Young Blood, and Empire City.
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