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Effort Builds to Help 'Forgotten' Troops with PTSD

by Daniel Zwerdling, NPR
December 20, 2007

Veterans advocates are looking to restore benefits for troops who came back from combat with mental health problems, couldn't get adequate help, misbehaved and then got kicked out of the military. One lawmaker said that taking care of such vets is "simple justice."

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  • All Things Considered, December 20, 2007
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