Young soldiers in Iraq

The World

Anchor Jeb Sharp speaks with New York Times correspondent Dexter Filkins about the many young soldiers he’s met while covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Filkins has written a personal essay on young soldiers at war for this weekend’s New York Times Magazine.

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