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Troops’ Mental Health: How Much Is Unknown?

March 24, 2012
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By NPR Staff, March 18, 2012 – “Troops’ Mental Health: How Much Is Unknown?” Transcript of Weekend Edition Sunday, Host Rachel Martin, March 18, 2012 Information from the above two NPR articles was combined to make this posting The killing of 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday March 11 is now one of the greatest points […]

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Veterans Groups, VA Split Over Mental Health Expansion

March 11, 2012
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By Kevin Freking, Associated Press, March 3 2012 Two years after Congress passed a high-profile law to improve health care for military veterans, lawmakers and advocates are again raising alarms that the sprawling Department of Veterans Affairs is not expanding help for the nation’s former fighters and their families as quickly or widely as intended. […]

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US Marine Fights Conviction for Suicide Attempt

February 6, 2012
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By David Dishneau, Associated Press, Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 A discharged Marine private who slit his wrists in a suicide attempt is fighting his military conviction for deliberately injuring himself, arguing the punishment is inconsistent with the armed forces’ efforts to battle a rise in suicides during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s not […]

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