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Brain-Injury Test for Troops May Be $42M Boondoggle

They go untreated in program plagued with problems: ProPublica, NPR

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 29, 2011 12:50 PM CST

(Newser) – A military brain-injury testing program has cost $42 million thus far—but hardly any soldiers have benefited from the plan, according to a joint investigation by NPR and ProPublica. Their reports suggest the program has a been a huge waste of money that has fallen... Read full story »

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Brain-Injury Test for Troops May Be $42M Boondoggle

They go untreated in program plagued with problems: ProPublica, NPR

Pentagon • US military • Department of Defense • brain injuries • traumatic brain injury

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