Wounded troops' war for recovery

June 28, 2012 4:27 PM

U.S. combat troops are expected to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014. But after a trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, David Martin reports the patients are a reminder of a war we're still fighting.

As more U.S. soldiers lose limbs in Afghanistan, doubts about a war that's "winding down"

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