[media id=11154] (h/t Heather at VideoCafe) This Week with George Stephanopoulos marks the passings of Metropolitan Museum of Art Director Thomas Hov
December 13, 2009

(h/t Heather at VideoCafe)

This Week with George Stephanopoulos marks the passings of Metropolitan Museum of Art Director Thomas Hoving, Reagan envoy William A. Wilson and actor Gene Barry. In addition, the Pentagon released the names of four servicemembers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Army SGT Elijah J Rao, 26, of Lake Oswego, OR

Marine Cpl Xhacob Latorre, 21, of Waterbury, CT

Army SSG Dennis J Hansen, 31, of Panama City, FL

Marine Sgt Ralph Anthony Webb Frietas, 23, of Detroit, MI

This brings the total number of allied servicepeople killed in Iraq to 4,689; in Afghanistan, 1,538. During this same period, Iraq Body Count lists 191 Iraqi civilians killed, which includes 127 people killed and 519 wounded by car bombs in Fallujah on a single day.

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