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that is trauma and stress -- ongoing traumatic stress, posttraumatic stress, and in a recent training on african- american health, we had -- that the department sponsored -- a syndrome called post-slavery stress. there is a book out on that. what is her name? i cannot remember her name. ok, i cannot hear it. violence as a public health issue -- this includes domestic violence, street violence, and institutional violence. chronic disease. environmental challenges. and that there were a full range of treatment modalities within our community. finally, the question we asked was this -- what is the collective vision for our city that we all share and what? who is leading in an effort to craft this vision? who is included in the discussion? supervisor cohen: thank you. [applause] ok, our final words will come from the executive director for the bayview hunters point multipurpose senior center. she will talk about highlights from hsa. >> good evening. what we talked about in general was the concern that the aging population is increasing rapidly in san francisco and how was the aging networ

time who have served multiple tours, and i am wondering if people really calculate the cost of posttraumaticent and the cost of compensation and disability. thank you. guest: the first question i cannot speak to how widespread drug use is, but i can say with in this particular unit that was committing the crimes, it was clear the soldiers were basically getting high allot. -- getting high a lot. the way that these crimes came to light was through drug use. one soldier ironically named stoner went to complain to his superiors that the other guys were smoking in his room and did not like it. when the other guys found out that he told on them, they beat them up. certainly i do not think this platoon is alone in drug use. as to the cost and the consequences of returning soldiers, i think we will see them more and more. we have covered several stories of soldiers returning from iraq who have had real difficulties with posttraumatic stress disorder. in some cases who have killed other people in the state's. i think this is going to be something unfortunately we will see a lot more of an have to gr

time who have served multiple tours, and i am wondering if people really calculate the cost of posttraumatic stress treatment and the cost of compensation and disability. thank you. guest: the first question i cannot speak to how widespread drug use is, but i can say with in this particular unit that was committing the crimes, it was clear the soldiers were basically getting high allot. -- getting high a lot. the way that these crimes came to light was through drug use. one soldier ironically named stoner went to complain to his superiors that the other guys were smoking in his room and did not like it. when the other guys found out that he told on them, they beat them up. certainly i do not think this platoon is alone in drug use. as to the cost and the consequences of returning soldiers, i think we will see them more and more. we have covered several stories of soldiers returning from iraq who have had real difficulties with posttraumatic stress disorder. in some cases who have killed other people in the state's. i think this is going to be something unfortunately we will see a lot more of

[applause] making sure that when they come home, veterans are getting the help they need for posttraumatic stress disorder or to be able to go to college themselves, so there are certain commitments we make two men and women in uniform that are sacred, but there are some weapons systems that do not work. there are some that we do not need. there are some we cannot afford, so we are going to have to make some difficult decisions on some of these issues. there are some programs that do not work. if you are progressive, you have to be willing to examine whether something you are paying for is actually working, because if is not working, that money could be used somewhere else to help people. we have to have a rigorous review of how effective various programs are. some work, and some do not, and if they do not, we should eliminate them and put the money in programs that do. >> i have lived overseas for the last 15 years and often very good medical care, but now that i am back in the united states on medicare, i found out it will not pay for any expenses overseas. it has to be in this country,

it cited high levels of posttraumatic stress and suicide . the report was released just before president bush's surge in iraq. just one year after the surge in afghanistan, and after eight years of war in iraq, the president mmits an all volunteer army to another war of choice. if the criteria for military intervention in another country is government sponsored violence and instability over commitment of our military will be virtually inevitable. and a result, our national security will be underned. it is clear that the administration planned a war against libya at least a month in advance. but why? the president cannot say that libya is an imminent or actual threat to our nation. he cannot say that war against libya is in our vital interest. he cannot say that libya had the intention or capability of attacking the united states of america. he has not claimed that libya had a weapons of mass destruction. to be used against us. we are told that our nation's role is limited. yet at the same time it is being expanded. we have been told that the

that -- making sure that when they come home veterans are getting the help that they need for posttraumatic stress disorder or to be able to go to college themselves. so there are certain commitments that we make to our men and women in uniform that are sacred and we can't cut back on those. but as i said, there's some weapon systems that just don't work. there's some that may work but we don't need. there's some that we just can't afford. so we're going to have to make some difficult decisions on some of those issues. and let's face it, there are also some social services programs that don't work. i mean, you have to be willing to examine whether some point you're paying for it is working. that money could be used for someone else to help people. we have to have a much more rigorous review of how effective it various programs are. some work and some do not. if they don't, we should eliminate them. ok? the giants turned -- a gentleman's turn. >> i have lived overseas for the past 15 years. i find something interesting. medicare will not pay for any expenses overseas. it has to be here in th

- [applause] making sure that when they come home, veterans are getting the help they need for posttraumatic stress disorder were to be allowed to go to college themselves. there are certain commitments we make to our men and women in uniform that are sacred and we can't cut back on us. as i said, there's some weapon systems that just don't work. there are some that may work, but we don't need. there are some that we just can't afford. some are going to have to make some difficult decisions on some of those issues. and let's face it, there are also social service programs that don't work. one of the things they would say is if you're really progressive, you've got to be willing to examine whether something that you are paying for is actually working. if it isn't working, the money could be used somewhere else still people. so we've got to have a much more rigorous review of how affect to the programs are. some work and some don't. if they don't work, we should eliminate it and put it into programs that do. okay? abbÉ, the gentleman's churn rate that they are. >> mr. president, i've lived ove

- [applause] making sure that when they come home, veterans are getting the help they need for posttraumatic stress disorder were to be allowed to go to college themselves. there are certain commitments we make to our men and women in uniform that are sacred and we can't cut back on us. as i said, there's some weapon systems that just don't work. there are some that may work, but we don't need. there are some that we just can't afford. some are going to have to make some difficult decisions on some of those issues. and let's face it, there are also social service programs that don't work. one of the things they would say is if you're really progressive, you've got to be willing to examine whether something that you are paying for is actually working. if it isn't working, the money could be used somewhere else still people. so we've got to have a much more rigorous review of how affect to the programs are. some work and some don't. if they don't work, we should eliminate it and put it into programs that do. okay? abbÉ, the gentleman's churn rate that they are. >> mr. president, i've lived ove