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Petraeus' Vow to Protect Soldiers: A True Commitment or Empty Promise?

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Joshua Kors

Since 2001, over 22,600 soldiers have been pressed into signing such documents, affirming a pre-existing condition, making them ineligible for disability benefits, saving the military billions of dollars.

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Facebook Members Rally around Tortured American Soldier

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Personality Disorder, Sergeant Chuck Luther, Stop Personality Disorder Discharges for Our Wounded Soldiers, Memorial Day, Charles Nicholson, Tbi, Chuck Luther, Pd, Stop PD, Facebook, Ptsd, Enhanced Interrogation, Torture, Veterans, Politics News
Joshua Kors

Personality disorder (PD) has been cited as the cause for everything from deafness following a rocket blast to shrapnel wounds, as a means for denying benefits to soldiers who have served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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When the Army Uses "Enhanced Interrogation" on an American Soldier

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Nation Magazine, Personality Disorder, Enhanced Interrogation, Veterans, Va, Personality Disorder Scandal, Chuck Luther, Tbi, Iraq, Soldiers, The Nation, Veterans Benefits, Ptsd, Wounded Veterans, Medical Care, Afghanistan, Joshua Kors, Pd, Politics News
Joshua Kors

I had been covering veterans' issues for several years and thought I'd developed a thick skin. But the pain on the other end of the telephone line as Sergeant Chuck Luther told me his story was difficult to stomach.

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