. >> reporter: the therapist says just as there is posttraumatic stress, there can be posttraumatic growth. in those years, jaycee had trauma enough for many lifetimes. at 13, she was pregnant. and twice would give birth, no medical care, in the squalored backyard. even though she was still a child, she knew those babies, >> i felt like i wasn't alone anymore. had somebody that was mine. i wasn't alone. have a second person to love and to love me. and maybe another little piece of my mom to hang on to. >> reporter: after six years being locked inside, away from sun, away from the sky, her captors increasingly confident unbolted a door and allowed her to walk out into the yard. you planted little flowers. >> yeah. i like to garden. >> reporter: my colleague, abc's chris cuomo, also spoke to rebecca bailey. >> how much of whatou think jaycee had inside her naturally worked to her benefit? >> i believe firmly that the core that her mother fostered in this child got her through. i mean, there's no question. on top of it, her ability to learn from the environment and adapt and adjust is another

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and also posttraumatic stress disorder, ptsd. and to thank all three of them and others in this congress for their continued support by increasing funding for t.b.i. and ptsd in this overall bill by $125 million. while i understand the long-standing practice of the committee for not designating specific t.b.i. funds, my amendment confirms the house's support for this amendment which i have offered many times and certainly related to t.b.i. in may of this year to the national defense authorization act of 2007. >> will the gentleman yield? mr. sessions: i would yield. mr. dicks: explain to me the $10 million would not be part of the government program, that this would give people with traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder an option to go to the private sector? mr. sessions: in fact, that is correct. what has previously been in the defense armed services committee, the policy that would allow men and women of the military who have t.b.i. to be able to take these funds and be able to use them outside of the department

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of course that follows onto the posttraumatic stress disorder that you have mentioned, senator. what i would like to do is give you the definitive lay down both of how tbi administered the detection for tbi and how the flow is ultimately in the ptsd so we have one comprehensive answer. >> thank you. i want to thank both of you for the very informative and forthright testimony that she's giving today. it's been very helpful and i would like to pursue the additional information that is mentioned. thank you are a match. >> let's try a three minute second

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of course that follows onto the posttraumatic stress disorder that you have mentioned, senator. what i would like to do is give you the definitive lay down both of how tbi administered the detection for tbi and how the flow is ultimately in the ptsd so we have one comprehensive answer. >> thank you. i want to thank both of you for the very informative and forthright ttimony that she's giving today. it's been very helpful and i would like to pursue the additional information that is mentioned. thank you are a match. >> let's try a three minute second round. we cannot get three minutes of questions then. when they first ask you, general allen about the questions of deadlines, but be aware of deadlines for previously said were supported a military commanders i believe. in iraq, back in november of 2008, president bush greed to to deadlines for u.s. forces. one in june 2009 deadline for thwithdrawal of u.s. combat forces from iraqi cities and fatcat, a december 31st 2011 deadline for the withdrawal of all u.s. military forces from iraq. is that accurate? >> chairman, thank you for t

diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder after her return from iraq, she said back to normal lifebeen slow. >> sometimes i will be somewhere, let's say, for instance, in a mall or something, and then i'll see myself back in iraq. >> and then imagine wrapping all of that experience in something like a bubble or a balloon. >> this session isn't tapes place at the v. a. as you might expect, it's part of a program being organized by the institute for health and healing at california pacific medical center in san francisco. the counselor said the program speak greats a variety of alternative therapies, from this session known as guided imagery to massage and acupuncture treatments. >> and then we have a whole array of classes, yoga, and various types of movements. >> it helps me learn to pay attention to my breathing, and then pay attention to what's going on when things do arise, like if my heart starts pumping. >> now the institute is partnering with the v. a. and veterans group to extend the services to more returning female soldiers. starlin is with from wards to stars. >> and retu

diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder after her return from iraq, she said back to normal lifeas been slow. >> sometimes i will be somewhere, let's say, for instance, in a mall or something, and then i'll see myself back in iraq. >> and then imagine wrapping all of that experience in something like a bubble or a balloon. >> this session isn't taking place at the v. a. as you might expect, it's part of a program being organized by the institute for health and healing at california pacific medical center in san francisco. the counselor said the program i would ntegrates a variety of alternative therapies, from this session known as guided imagery to massage and acupuncture treatments. >> and then we have a whole array of classes, yoga, and various types of movements. >> it helps me learn to pay attention to my breathing, and then pay attention to what's going on when things do arise, like if my heart starts pumping. >> now the institute is partnering with the v. a. and veterans group to extend the services to more returning female soldiers. starlin is with from wards to -- with s

i've seen people try and get over posttraumatic stress disorder or even just the trauma of being a combatituation in very different ways. everyone has different coping mechanisms. writing the book was actually very cathartic for me. you know, i got it all out, i said it, i felt like it really helped me quite a bit. but, you know, i saw marines who were dramatically affected from within my own unit, and it was really sad. some people became very withdrawn, others turned to drugs, some had violent acts, and, you know, it's just unfortunate because i think if people just reached out for help, no up with's going to really look at them -- no one's going to look at them as being weak. people need to take care of themselves, and there are great programs for people who take care of themselves now. and, you know, i wish that marines and, you know, any service member would take advantage of those opportunities because, um, life shouldn't be a burden. you shouldn't have to live with those memories all the time and think that there's a constant threat towards you all the time. it's just not -- [laugh

i have posttraumatic stress disorder. i have a lot of injuries i got down there from falling down. i need my medicare. i need my social security. i need all of the benefits that are coming to me. i worked 35 long years of my life for those benefits. they send all of the jobs out of the country. now they are trying to create all different types of jobs. as far as the republican party, they are not american. gues i thank the gentleman for his hard work on 9/11. he did the ultimate sacrifice, to go into a situation where your life is on the line to save and rescue other people. we should be asking everyone to participate where he made in dividual sacrifice for a collective benefit. the caller is right. we as a nation should find a way to maintain programs that are highly accessible and efficient the the. and efficient, where people have contributed money and should receive. host: here isneomment. guest: it is really important to try to change the mentality. the modern conservative movement has tried to estabsh a mentality in which taxes are the enemy. we cannot and should not pay. you

i have posttraumatic stress disorder. i have a lot of injuries i got down there from falling down. i need my medicare. i need my social security. i need all of the benefits that are coming to me. i worked 35 long years of my life for those benefits. they send all of the jobs out of the country. now they are trying to create all different types of jobs. as far as the republican party, they are not american. guest: i thank the gentleman for his hard work on 9/11. he did the ultimate sacrifice, to go into a situation where your life is on the line to save and rescue other people. we should be asking everyone to participate where he made in individual sacrifice for a collective benefit. the caller is right. we as a nation should find a way to maintain programs that are highly accessible and efficient the the. and efficient, where people have contributed money and should receive. host: here is one comment. guest: it is really important to try to change the mentality. the modern conservative movement has tried to establish a mentality in which taxes are the enemy. we cannot and should no

they are life-changing programs for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and brain injury. it is support for suicide hot lines that are seeing more callers than ever before. it is providing roofs over the heads of ash service members and their families. it is timely investments for the very biggest priorities of our nation's heroes. and so today i want to talk about just a few of the investments that are included in the bill that we're considering today and how they translate into the lives of our service members, our veterans and critically their families. madam president, this is an influx of young veterans coming into the v.a. system right now like we have not seen in a very long time. in fact, the v.a. estimates that the number of iraq and afghanistan veterans in its health care system will reach well over half a million at some point next year. that is this aisn' this a 100% e 2008. this is a big challenge and one that we have no choice but to step up to meet if we're going to avoid some of the same mistakes we saw with the vietnam generation. that's why this bill incl

actuaries talk about the challenge in estimating the future cost of treating brain injuries and posttraumatictress disorder. also, the wife of a wounded marine corporal talks about her difficulty in getting care for her husband. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> good morning and welcome to today's hearing, where we are going to examine the lifetime cost of supporting our newest generation of veterans. as we all know, when our nation goes to work, it is not just the cost of fighting that war that must be accounted for. we must include the cost of caring for veterans and families long after the fighting is over and that is particularly true today, at a time when we have more than half a million iraq and afghanistan veterans amid the hope care system that is in over 100% increase since 2008. this presents a big challenge and one that we have no choice but to step up to meet if we are going to avoid many of the famous geeks we saw with the vietnam generation. but it is more than just the sheer number of new veterans that will be coming home that poses a challenge. it's also the extent of the mon

he has called on the government to -- and the private sector to spend more on victims of posttraumatic stress disorder and get them some help. he is a star who moonlights as a soldier's advocate. our speaker has questioned his own industry at times while producing films our -- producing films that portray our troops in a negative light. as one-sided, depressing, artist or made, according to a chicago times report. in a film about soldiers on the front lines in iraq and among his many awards and honors, he is a recipient of the presidential award of freedom, one of only two actors to get that and 110 people in our nation's history. he also received the medal of honor bob hope excellence in entertainment award and the harry s. truman good neighbor award. as co-founder of operation international children, he has provided school supplies to hundreds of thousands of children were u.s. troops are deployed. here today to discuss his plans to help veterans and fallen soldiers as well as their families, please welcome mr. gary sinise. [applause] >> thank you. i can cut my speech short out. -- s

of us having lived through this as did you, you know, the 2008 collapse, experienced a little posttraumaticstress syndrome. and to be two, two and a half years out now, to look back, try to be objective, professor stulz says -- as objective as we can be -- in determining, you know, what are realistic, reasonable precautions to take to avoid something like this happening again. but i guess, um when this all occurred and was starting to occur, terms came up that i'd never heard of before. and i'd been a litigator sort of in the financial arena for a long time. so when you said we need to have objective, defined terms for what systemic is -- and i agree with you except that's easier said than done. and it made me think of do any of you know what the gastroc nemius? it's a tearing of the calf. i never knew what it was until i did it a couple of days ago. i had no clue what auction rate securities were or collateralized default swaps. you never know where it's going to come from. that's all i'm saying. and so as you try to come up with your objective criteria, you know, be a little more expansiv

most especially to the need for better care when it comes to from a brain injury, posttraumatic stress. i understand from your testimony and our conversations that he will seek to upgrade and improve the kind of care that the military provides. am i correct in that assumption? >> that is correct. >> so far as the problem of suicide, which you have spoken to very eloquently in your written testimony, would you have plans to try to upgrade the type of care provided to our warriors? >> the work has been tremendous, but it is not done yet. there is much more that we have to do. we identified the factors and now have to mitigate those factors that are responsible for suicide. we still have a lot of work to do. we must do all our -- all we can to reduce this risk that we have today. >> do you have any thought you can share about the potential causes of those increased rates of suicide and so forth? >> it is a combination of things. it has to do with the number of appointments, family stress. uncertainty. many other issues that we deal with. it has to do with physical injuries that affect ind