Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:17 AM EDT
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| Special |
Cole and Jami Ivester of Turnerville say their goodbyes before he was deployed to Afghanistan last week. Ivester is the son of Steve and Brenda Ivester. Cole and Jami Ivester have an 11-month-old son, Lucas. Some 47,000 U.S. forces currently serve in Afghanistan, with 17,000 additional troops scheduled to arrive there. Meanwhile, NATO member countries and partners have more than 32,000 forces in country, U.S. Department of Defense documents show.
