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Half of Vets Returning From Iraq and Afghanistan Need Medical Attention

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Created 2011-11-16 07:15

Eric Newhouse [1]

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Wednesday 16 November 2011

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More than half of America's former warriors are returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan with medical and mental problems that need treatment, according to new statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Eric Newhouse

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Newhouse is the author of "Faces of Combat." He also writes a blog, "Invisible Wounds," on vets' mental health issues here [5].

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[1] http://www.truth-out.org/eric-newhouse/1321369063
[2] http://www.truth-out.org/sites/default/files/111611-1.jpg
[3] http://www.truth-out.org/sites/default/files/111611-1_ag.jpg
[4] http://www.flickr.com/photos/runitsthefuz/2713824787/
[5] http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/invisible-wounds/