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Children Of Civil War Veterans Still Receiving Benefits

Description:If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat. An Associated Press analysis of federal payment records found that the government is still making monthly payments to relatives of Civil War veterans – 148 years after the conflict ended. (2:38)

Source: HuffPost Live Highlights

Tags: Civil War , Cost of War , huffpost live , korean war

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