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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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veterans stories: 76 news summaries

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 'Virtual Iraq'
 Helps Vets
 Face Stress 

Treatment drags soldiers back to moments of crisis

May 18, 08 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Therapists are plunging US war veterans back into the horrors of battle—as therapy. A virtual reality treatment is helping them cope with post-traumatic stress disorder by returning them to scarring events until their shock value wanes. "When the ground starts vibrating and you smell smoke and hear the... More »

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veterans • Vietnam veteran • virtual reality • therapy • PTSD • Iraq veterans • Afghanistan veterans • cognitive behavioral therapy

VA Doctor Discouraged Post-Traumatic Diagnoses

Email urged staffers
to save disability costs

May 16, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A team leader at a veterans' medical center in Texas sent staffers an email urging them to avoid diagnosing post-traumatic stress disorder, the Washington Post reports. "Given that we are having more and more compensation-seeking veterans, I'd like to suggest that you refrain from giving a diagnosis of PTSD... More »

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veterans • mental health • veterans' benefits • veterans' health care • Department of Veterans Affairs • PTSD • James B. Peake • Iraq veterans • Afghanistan veterans

'Sorry' Gates: We Let Down Our Soldiers

He regrets poor treatment for Iraq, Afghanistan vets

May 2, 08 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates admitted yesterday that the US military made mistakes in taking care of soldiers back from Afghanistan and Iraq, reports Reuters. He said he regretted that veterans had received inadequate care for physical and mental problems, particularly those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Gates also acknowledged that... More »

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veterans • Robert Gates • veterans' health care • US military • PTSD • Iraq veterans • Afghanistan veterans

 Soldier Laid to Rest
 After 4 Years 

Thousands pay tribute to Sgt. Matt Maupin in Ohio memorial services

Apr 28, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands attended emotional memorial services over the weekend for an Ohio Army reservist whose remains made the journey home 4 years after he was captured in Iraq. Ten thousand filed past Staff Sgt. Matt Maupin's casket, and 3,000 attended a ceremony at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati yesterday,... More »

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Iraq • veterans • obituary • Iraq death toll • funeral • Iraq veterans • military funeral • Matt Maupin

VA 'Lying
About Vet
Suicides'

It's 12,000 attempts
a year, not 790,
says secret email

Apr 24, 08 3:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Democratic senator is calling for the resignation of the Veterans Administration mental health chief, accusing him of deliberately hiding the truth about suicide attempts among US veterans, the Dallas Morning News reports. A secret agency email put the number of suicide attempts at 12,000 a year—not the... More »

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veterans • suicide • US military • Department of Veterans Affairs • Veterans Affairs Medical Center • Patty Murray

Military Families Sue VA Over Suicides

Agency doesn't do enough for veterans' mental health, suit says

Apr 21, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Veterans Affairs hasn’t done enough to stem the “rising tide” of suicides and mental health problems, according to a class action lawsuit going to trial this week. Roughly 20% of deployed US troops are suffering from mental illness, a recent study shows, and an average of 18 kill... More »

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military • veterans • suicide • veterans' benefits • veterans' health care • lawsuit • Department of Veterans Affairs • PTSD

OPINION

Clark: McCain Must Get Behind Update to GI Bill

Convincing GOP on aid for fellow veterans a must, general says

Apr 10, 08 6:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is "casting doubt" on his "commitment to the newest generation of American heroes” by not throwing his support behind an extension of the GI Bill, Wesley Clark writes in the Los Angeles Times. A bipartisan overhaul would fix the bill that once guaranteed veterans a paid... More »

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education • John McCain • veterans • Wesley Clark • GI Bill

Gulf Illness Blamed on Chemicals

Pesticides and nerve agents cause syndrome, says researcher

Mar 11, 08 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Exposure to chemicals and pesticides during the first Gulf War is the likely cause of widespread illnesses suffered by its veterans, a new study concludes. Some 250,000 veterans of the conflict—a third of the troops who served— suffer fatigue, muscle and joint pain, memory lapses, intestinal problems, and... More »

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Iraq • veterans • Pentagon • memory loss • Department of Veterans Affairs • Kuwait • nerve gas • chronic fatigue syndrome • National Academy of Sciences • Gulf War • Gulf War Syndrome • muscle pain • Dr. Beatrice Golomb • UCSD School of Medicine • pyridostigmine bromide • Khamisiyah • acetylcholinesterase inhibitors • organophosphates • sarin • Desert Shield • Desert Storm • Rand Corp

Iraq's Toll Spirals Into Trillions

Iraq may cost up to $12.5B each month

Mar 10, 08 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - In 2002 Donald Rumsfeld envisioned an Iraq war price tag of "something under $50 billion," but a Harvard professor and a Nobel-prize winning economist now pin the total cost at $3 trillion, with a "running cost" of $12.5 billion a month. As the Iraq war enters... More »

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veterans • Donald Rumsfeld • oil price • Iraq war • Linda Bilmes • Joseph Stiglitz • Iraq war spending • war cost

US Troops Lose Hearing
at Alarming Rates

Aural damage from Iraq, Afghanistan wars reaching epidemic levels

Mar 8, 08 7:53 AM CST
(Newser) - US troops are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan with epidemic rates of hearing damage, AP reports, with 128,000 disabled by permanent hearing loss or tinnitus, ringing in the ears. The nature of the current conflict is part of the problem, with roadside bombs and sudden ambushes giving troops... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • veterans • US military • roadside bomb • hearing loss • Iraq war • tinnitus

Seniors Running for Their Lives

Exercise extends life of older men

Jan 23, 08 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Older men who jog or walk briskly for 30 minutes several times a week die at half the rate in the same period as contemporaries who are not fit, according to a new study. The study monitored 15,000 veterans, aged 50 to 70, for more than seven years. Researchers... More »

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veterans • exercise • fitness level • brisk walks • Exercise Testing and Research Lab • Veterans Affairs Medical Center • older men

Fla. Holds the Key for GOP

Sunshine State can boost, dash electoral dreams

Jan 21, 08 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The Republican field has made a mad dash for wide-open Florida, where Mike Huckabee prays for the Panhandle pious, John McCain hustles veterans, and Rudy Giuliani reminds ex-New Yorkers how much he did for them. The Jan. 29 primary is the first closed contest, meaning McCain can’t rely on... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • veterans • Mike Huckabee • Florida primary

McCain Blasts Mailer Attacking War Record

Confident he'll win SC, dismisses claim he sold out fellow POWs

Jan 16, 08 9:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Citing "deceitful smear tactics" by "fringe elements," John McCain's campaign is on the offensive against a flier circulating in South Carolina attacking his war record—an echo of the attacks that derailed his 2000 candidacy. The flier, sent to some 80 newspaper editors, claims McCain betrayed his... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • veterans • South Carolina • POW • Michigan • Vietnam veteran • Vietnam War • South Carolina primary

In SC Primary, It's Values vs. Defense Voters

Huckabee, McCain divide GOP in state rich in churches, military

Jan 14, 08 12:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The pastor and the POW have exposed a deep divide in the South Carolina GOP, reports Politico, with the national security faithful on one side and diehard social conservatives on the other. Ahead of this weekend’s primary, Mike Huckabee is traveling to churches and John McCain is dispatching teams... More »

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national security • John McCain • veterans • Mike Huckabee • South Carolina primary • values voters

PTSD: Vets Wage Internal Wars

Combat trauma continues to plague returning soldiers

Jan 13, 08 10:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Records of post-traumatic stress disorder go as far back as The Odyssey, and Iraq veterans are adding to the list. Combat trauma has been repeatedly linked with rates of unemployment, substance abuse, domestic violence and criminality above the national average. Yet  PTSD victims aren't getting the treatment they need, and... More »

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Iraq • veterans • mental health • PTSD • Iraq veterans

Injury Tally Misses Brain Trauma

20K troops omitted from casualty list

Nov 23, 07 4:37 PM CST
(Newser) - More than 20,000 service members not classified as wounded in combat have signs of brain injury, according to an examination of records by USA Today. The actual number of troops with brain trauma suffered in Iraq or Afghanistan was more than five times the official tally, meaning that the... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • veterans • Pentagon • brain injuries

Vets' Mental Issues Slow to Surface: Study

Troops more likely to report disorders
3-6 months after return from combat

Nov 14, 07 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - US troops report worse mental health several months after returning from Iraq than immediately after getting home, an Army study shows. Upon return home, one general said, “you’re almost euphoric,” but later “the stress starts to resurface.” The study also found that National Guard reservists... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • veterans • mental health • PTSD

Vietnam Vets Honored in DC

58,256 names being read this week, marking memorial wall's 25th anniversary

Nov 9, 07 7:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Veterans and loved ones are braving Washington, D.C.'s cold temps this week to honor those who fell or vanished in Vietnam, the Chicago Tribune reports. Marking the Vietnam memorial's 25th anniversary, they started reading its 58,256 names aloud this week, and plan to finish tomorrow. This is... More »

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veterans • Vietnam • Washington DC • Vietnam War

Limbaugh Letter Brings Record $2.1M on eBay

Critical letter from Dems auctioned to benefit charity

Oct 20, 07 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - A letter to conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh from 41 Democratic Senators sold yesterday on eBay for $2.1M, a record for an eBay item sold to benefit charity. The Dems who wrote the letter objected to Limbaugh labeling Iraq veterans critical of the war as "phony soldiers,... More »

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Hillary Clinton • veterans • eBay • Harry Reid • Rush Limbaugh • Eugene B. Casey Foundation • Marine • Iraq war

Veteran Stress Cases Surge

VA took on 20,000
new cases—up 70%
—in one year

Oct 19, 07 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Department of Veterans Affairs reported treating 20,000 new cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in a 12-month period ending in June, up an astounding 70% from the same time the previous year, reports USA Today. The VA counts a total of nearly 50,000 PTSD cases, and expects the... More »

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veterans • mental health • PTSD • Iraq veterans

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