we call in and say, linda schwartz. my brother is having a terrible time and i do not know where to take him. he has just come home from iraq. they say, connecticut. these are the clinicians in our network, in your town and geographic area. these clinicians will see you. the military member, the spouse, the children, the significant other. and we will give you 15 sessions in a calendar year. if you have no insurance, we have a grant to pay for your care. ofant you to know, because the increase and the concern about suicides in the veteran population at large, the department of mental health and addiction services commissioner is a nurse. the governor has given his blessing. this was started for the returning military members. it is now for all veterans and their families in the state of connecticut. that is not to take away from the v.a., in the middle of the night you want to talk to somebody, you have somebody to talk to and you have a plan. when the clinicians see them, if this is over their head and they think they

we have invited the honorable linda schwartz. commissioner of veterans affairs in the state of connecticut. i first met dr. schwartz while working at another institution of higher education. she approached me wanting my support for a project that would help her further explore the long-term impacts of ---- impact of agent orange. she impressed me as a determined woman, someone who would get things done. she is currently the commissioner of veterans affairs in the state of connecticut. the first woman to hold that position in the first nurse to-- position and the first nurse to hold that position. i was right in forecasting her determination. she has taken up this position as you might have expected that a nurse would. connecting people to one another and enlisting resources and advocating. please join me in welcoming commissioner linda schwartz. [applause] >> thank you. when they heard in connecticut i duke, theytodwndown to got real worried. duke. [laughter] it is an honor to be here. it has been an exciting experience. i would t

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we have invited the honorable linda schwartz. commissioner of veterans affairs in the state of connecticut. whilet met dr. schwartz working at another institution of higher education. she approached me wanting my support for a project that would help her further explore the long-term impacts of -- she impressed me as a determined woman, someone who would get rings done. she is currently the of veterans affairs in the state of connecticut. the first woman to hold that position in the first nurse to hold that position. i was right in forecasting her determination. she has taken up this position as you might have expected that a nurse would. connecting people to one another and enlisting resources and advocating. please join me in welcoming commissioner linda schwartz. [applause] >> thank you. when they heard in connecticut i was coming down to do, they got real worried. [laughter] it is an honor to be here. it has been an exciting experience. toould take a moment introduce some of my friends who have come today. i would like to int

beginning at 8, former air force flight nurse linda schwartz will talk about the challenges facing veterans returning from war. here's a quick look. >> my concern as a commissioner is that i have veterans who have come home, we have worked the system to try to get them the disability compensation and care that they need, and somebody has come along and told them all they have of to -- they have too is sign this paper, stop your va benefits and you, too, get another tour to iraq and afghanistan. and so the idea that the troops are not keeping up the needs of the troops that they're recycling because they are not meeting their recruiting quotas, this is something that will be coming home to roost, and we have no idea what the far--reaching effects of these multiple deployments not just, not just on the military member themselves, but on the family. families. one million children in america have had one or both of their parents deployed since 9/11. one million. and they're not in dod schools, they're in your school system. and teachers have to become aware also of some of the important parts o

eastern, we'll hear from former air force flight nurse linda schwartz who oversees the connecticut state veterans affairs department. >> but the fear of the career, when you have the chief of the army, general odierno, get up and say i have posttraumatic stress, it's okay, if you think of posttraumatic stress as a natural reaction to an abnormal situation, a natural reaction to an abnormal situation, va and secretary shinseki are trying to get rid of that d at the end. it is posttraumatic stress. and it manifests itself in many ways, but it should not prevent you from getting help for yourself and for your family to deal with the symptoms that you are having. >> they had a very political marriage much like john and abigail, and so she would lobby in the halls of congress. now, she was always very careful to say my husband believes this, and my husband advocates that. but she herself was doing the pitch. and one of her husband's opponents said he hoped that if james were ever elected president, he would take up housekeeping like a normal woman. and she said if james and i are ever elected

we call in and say, linda schwartz. my brother is having a terrible time and i did not know where to take him. he has just come home from iraq. they say, connecticut. these are the conditions in our network in your town and geographic area. these clinicians will see you. the military member, the spouse, the children, the significant other. 15 sessionsgive you in a calendar year. if you have no insurance, we have a grant to pay for your care. know, because of the increase and the concern about suicides in the veteran population at large, the department of mental health and addiction services commissioner is a nurse. the governor has given his blessing. this was started for the returning military members. it is now for all veterans and their families in the state of connecticut. that is not to take away from the v.a., in the middle of the night you want to talk to somebody, you have somebody to talk to and you have a plan. when the clinicians see them, if this is over their head and they think they need somebody else, we

eastern, you will hear from the former air force flight nurse linda schwartz. she'll talk about the challenges facing veterans returning from war. at 9:00, we will open up our phone lines for your calls. and we will have facebook and as we look as well, tomorrow night getting under way and it is live at 9:00 here on c-span. >> coming up on c-span defense secretary chuck hagel speaks. president obama talks about gun violence in his visit to denver. later, henry paulson on the economic and political pressures facing china. >> people like to ask me, how did you come across this story? people always ask writers that. what happens a lot of time you find a news story when you are supposed to be working on something else, which can be frustrating at times. that is what happened to me. i was doing a little internet research one day. across.the photo i came was on the department of energy website. they put up a little newsletter and this newsletter was saying this month in outcome rich history, something along those lines. i looked at these machines with the dial and kn

linda harper tweets in yes to marijuana and taxing. it's a lot healthier than alcohol and from our facebook page, devin schwartz asks, where does the industrial use of hemp come into the discussion? >> guest: yeah so in most states that are thinking about legalizing recreational consumption, they often think about legalizing industrial hemp as well. you see stories we have and products made with industrial hemp but you can't produce a industrial hemp in the united states. most of it's coming from china or canada. if the state were to do this i think it would increase revenue. sometimes people exaggerate some of the financial benefits they are but they're definitely would be a advantage in terms of if you are a state trying to do this. >> host: our anti line from alabama. hi suzanne. >> caller: this program hasn't hit on very much about the health consequences of the use of marijuana. the pew foundation had done a study of people in the mental health field who work with substance abuse and found a far greater number of people who were not for legalizing marijuana. they have seen the effects on people's brains and the damage done. people think