Afghanistan Veterans

BREAKING: Bipartisan Congressional Action to Send Troops to College

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, GI Bill, Pelosi, Iraq Veterans, Unemployment, Homelessness, 21st Century GI Bill, Afghanistan Veterans, Jim Webb, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

Press conferences are nice, but how soon is Congress going to take action? It could be as early as this week.

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VA Lying About Number Of Veteran Suicides, Senator Charges

McClatchy | Les Blumenthal | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Afghanistan Veterans, Warwire, Afghanistan, Senator Patty Murray, Iraq Veterans, Iraq, Veterans Suicides, Home News

The Veterans Administration has lied about the number of veterans who have attempted suicide, Sen. Patty Murray said Wednesday, citing internal e-mail...

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Iraq Winter Soldier Hearings: Victory for Independent Media

Jeff Cohen | Posted 03.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Winter Soldier, Veterans Affairs, Veterans, Winter Soldier II, Politics News
Jeff Cohen

The powerful first-hand accounts from Iraq and Afghanistan veterans at Winter Soldier II -- if heard by the American public -- would threaten continued funding of the Iraq occupation.

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PTSD and Murder Among Newest Veterans

Jon Soltz | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Mental Health, Veterans Affairs, Ptsd, War Veterans and Murder, Politics News
Jon Soltz

Our failure to properly screen for and treat post-traumatic stress disorder is the source of so many problems our newest veterans face -- from drug and alcohol abuse, to homelessness, to joblessness, to spousal abuse, to suicide, and now, to murders.

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Vet Suicide Epidemic: New Questions About Military Mental Health Screenings

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics

Read More: Suicide, Mental Health, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Iraq Veterans Suicide, Iraq PTSD, Ptsd, Thanksgiving, Politics News
Paul Rieckhoff

The DoD's system for screening troops -- a bunch of paperwork followed by a phone call -- doesn't catch most of the people who will need treatment.

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Yet Another Alarm Sounded on Homeless Vets and PTSD. But, Who's Listening?

Jon Soltz | Posted 11.08.2007 | Politics

Read More: Homeless, Iraq PTSD, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Veterans Affairs, Politics News
Jon Soltz

It doesn't matter how many charitable groups are out there trying to house homeless veterans, because we'll just be dealing with the result rather than the root cause: PTSD.

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