They have names. Those lost in our war in Afghanistan. They are sons and daughters, husbands and wives, mothers and fathers. When will it ever end.

US Army SPC Blake D Whipple, 21, Williamsville, NY
US Army SGT Michael F Paranzino, 22, Middletown, RI
US Marines LCpl Brandon W Pearson, 21, Arvada, CO
US Marines LCpl Matthew J Broehm, 22, Flagstaff, AZ
US Army PFC Shane M Reifert, 23, Cottrellville, MI
US Marines SSgt Jordan B Emrick, 26, Hoyleton, IL
US Marines LCpl Randy R Braggs, 21, Sierra Vista, AZ
US Army SGT Aaron B Cruttenden, 25, Mesa AZ
US Army SPC Dale J Kridlo, 33, Hughestown, PA
US Army SPC Anthony Vargas, 27, Reading, PA
US Army SPC Andrew L Hutchins, 20, New Portland, ME
US Army SGT Jason J McCluskey, 26, McAlester, OK
US Marines 2LT Robert M Kelly, 29, Tallahassee, FL
US Marines LCpl James B Stack, 20, Arlington Heights, IL
US Marines LCpl Dakota R Huse, 19, Greenwood, LA

According to iCasualties, the total number of allied service members killed in Iraq is 4,745 and Afghanistan 2,209. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Christian Amanpour Sunday that he thought 2014 would be the soonest that American troops would be brought home from Afghanistan. President Obama sent 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan last year stating that the draw down would start in the summer of 2011. I don't see that happening. And I'm saddened by that.