Jake Tapper Pays Tribute On Twitter To Gold-Star Families

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By Daniel J. Solomon April 5, 2017

Jake Tapper, the CNN anchor known for his tough questions for politicians, is paying tribute on Wednesday to gold-star families, tweeting out photos of deceased American soldiers with their spouses and children.

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Tapper, who hosts cable’s “The Lead,” is honoring Gold Star Spouses’ Day, which focuses on the needs and concerns of those whose husbands and wives have fallen in combat. In Iraq, 4,426 personnel died in the course of the U.S. effort there, while in Afghanistan the count stands at 2,386 dead Americans.

This isn’t the first time that Tapper has used Twitter to commemorate the dead – in December, he tweeted out the photos of all the students and teachers murdered in the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut four years ago.

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Daniel J. Solomon is the former Assistant to the Editor/News Writer at the Forward. Originally from Queens, he attended Harvard as an undergraduate, where he wrote his senior thesis on French-Jewish intellectual history. He is excited to have returned to New York after his time in Massachusetts. Daniel’s passions include folk music, cycling, and pointed argument.

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