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Postby CHUQ on Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:55 am

I will be watching what she does. hopefully, she is more than just a politician.


Murray saw some of these same patients slip through cracks in the veterans-care network, left jobless, homeless and unable to find help.

"We didn't have a name for what they were suffering," Murray said of what is now called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Thirty-six years later, Murray is still working in rehab, trying to fix what's broken in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, she's become the leading voice for veteran care in Congress.


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Postby Tumbleweed on Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:35 pm

"We didn't have a name for what they were suffering," Murray said of what is now called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).


It's good that they recognize the problem, but there are articles stateing that the treatment vets are getting for it isn't a big success.
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Postby CHUQ on Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:50 am

He will need to be an activist if he is going to make a difference.
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