don't get the benefits because or i think the v.a. should take more. be more responsible with these guys because they have already put their lives on the line for us why would we. not give them the proper medical attention that they need why give them an appointment three months out and then. send it you know prolong it even more to maybe. eight months nine months a year and then even fighting for their benefits if they don't. then book person twelve months of them coming back and he doesn't get a diagnosis forget it they're screwed because they don't see it act it's service related service connected the burden of proof is on the veteran they have to be able to service connected it doesn't matter whether you have it or not or the condition can did it happen during the day you enter to the left that's the big window that you have to fight for. iraq afghanistan war injury is our generation's engine orange. if you look at the historical precedents with agent orange for decades it was not acknowledged and then after decades in his study.

v.a. memorial headstone or marker. i hope that this bill will bring these families some peace by allowing v.a. to allow a permanent marker to ensure their loved ones will not be forgotten. h.r. 3656 would help avoid confusion by making the eligible dates is consistent for the surviving spouse and dependent children. this may seem like a small change. i know it will be very important to grieving families to ensure their loved ones are properly memorialized. i urge my colleagues to join me in passing h.r. 3656 as amended and i reserve. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. i rise in support of h.r. 3656 as amended which resolves an inconsistency in the eligibility for nonveteran spouses and children receiving memorial headstones. the legislation ensures a consistent applicability date for memorial headstones and markers for eligible nonveteran individuals whose remains are not available. under current law a sur

the the military the v.a. or are supposed to take care of their veterans. and they're supposed to provide good health here and a good transition out of the military and the military and v.a. has failed miserably on doing this and not only when the firm put issues but you know a lot of mental health issues and everything else there are many people who are working with the v.a. who feel that that studies have been either augmented belated have been prone to bias in favor of. results that my air to earth that's having psychosomatic problems instead of physical problems. when the whole make this manufacture come sentenced and to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go round listen to the one percent. we can all middle of the room say. the euro news and spending shouldn't twenty million on one player. it's an experience like nothing else on to because i want to share what i think of what i know about the beautiful game but great so one more chance with. a nice it's going to take. the office of public health conducts

will rule on whether to continue with video assist video assistant or v.a. or isn't only being tested in the bundesliga other leagues have been running their own trials. at the d.f.l. headquarters in frankfurt the project steering committee prepares to get down to work. it's a process of regular top level exchange referees representatives broadcast and communications specialist and senior management trash the details of the plan to get things off and running for. the season just a train up the referee's first. nail down the parameters that work within and use friendlies to start trying it all out for a lot of tests as it were. it's not just about the refereeing obviously there's the technology that needs to work properly to start and then you've got marketing and various other areas to consider as an overall package it's an interesting and exciting project. and. the d.f.l. has invested one point eight million euros in the project this season for a long time it was against the use of video evidence but reversed its decision to be part of its development. goal li

issues at the v.a. or agent -- issues at the v.a. were agent orange and others. i was able to serve as a number two at the v.a. i really enjoyed that work. when i left the administration, and i formed my own consulting federal government contracting business. and i have had one success after another. it was not easy. it was a lot of hard work but you get used to it. it becomes part of your psyche, to work hard i learned that as a , kid. you will never get anywhere unless you work hard. guest: with from betty in marlborough, massachusetts. thank you for waiting. caller: how are you? good morning, mr. alvarez. first of all, i would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for serving our country. i can't even imagine what you went through over there. but also you said you have a , birthday coming up? i would like to wish you a happy birthday. you look wonderful, by the way for your age. , i have a friend, a dear friend of mine that went through the v.a. hospital. he is being treated now but he has very bad respiratory issues agent orange. before my eyes he is

of your studios we have thousands marching up fifth avenue and this post 9/11 want to reform the v.a. org people in washington around political -- issues. we could be a voice of reason and a north star and a guardian of democracy. we're going to hold the line and fight for america's true heart and soul and i think that is an important message on veteran's day that maybe could inspire us going forward. >> what inspires you as a veteran yourself? >> oh, man, there is guy who took a bus up from d.c. to be at the parade and he got in at 2:00 a.m. and slept outside until another veteran found him and got him a hotel room. he comes every year because he wanted to be a part of the community. i met a 93-year-old veteran the other night who was at iwo jima continuing to serve and give back and flow growberg was at the heros gala. if you haven't seen the remark he gave, to the facebook page and they are an inspiration and at times like this people are looking for home and people have come home are a sign of hope and could motivate everyone. >> and some of the most humble people you could meet. lik

issues at the v.a. or agent orange and others. as a numbero serve two at the v.a. i really enjoyed that work. when i left the administration, i formed my own consulting business. the federal government contracting business. i have had one success after another. it was not easy. it was a lot of hard work but you get used to it. i learned that as a kid. you will never get anywhere unless you work hard. guest: with from betty in massachusetts. thank you for waiting. caller: how are you? good morning, mr. alvarez. first of all i would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for serving our country. i can't even imagine what you went through over there. you said you have a birthday coming up? i would like to wish you a happy birthday. you look wonderful for your age. i have a friend, a dear friend of mine that went through the v.a. hospital. he has very bad respiratory issues from the asian orange. he is dwindling away. it is horrible. i can't even imagine you, senator mccain. you guys are my heroes. with the you say the draft dodgers? donald j. trump saying you a

v.a. transplant centers in either nashville, tennessee, or portland, oregon, mr. nelson requested to receive his transplant at the university hospital in san antonio using the choice program. however, his request was denied by v.a. because austin was not a veteran and therefore v.a. did not believe the department had the authority to pay for this portion of the transplant procedure with choice funds. mr. nelson, eventually received his transplant in san antonio using his medicare benefits, private donations and personal savings to cover the cost of his and austin's care. to prevent any other veterans from being unable to access transplant care in the community under choice, h.r. 1133, as amended, would amend the choice program to allow v.a. to pay for any care or services a live donor may require to carry out a transplant procedure. for an eligible veteran, notwithstanding that the live doe far may not be eligible for v.a. health care. i'm thankful to my friend, congressman judge carter, john carter, from texas, for his dedication to solving this problem for his co

v.a. health care proud, which i am very about. they do well for or i go, minneapolis. e minneapolis v.a. is good with good doctors. i have had several surgeries there since i have been out. i have supposed to have another one. experience for anyone. i have a cousin who is serving now. he has three years left, he is in south korea at the present time. he has made a career of it. host: thank you for telling us your story. and the story of your family. john is going from georgia. good morning to you, sir. caller: good morning, how are you doing? host: doing fine. tell us your story. caller: i went in the military when i was 18, 1963 and retired in 1989. i went to several places, starting off in auckland -- chlan.n -- la georgia. north carolina. north carolina to korea. korea back to oklahoma. from oklahoma, i went to saudi arabia. from saudi arabia i came back and went to south dakota. host: how would you describe your overall experience in the military? caller: my experience was great. bit1960's, it was a little -- in the 1960's, it was more prejudice. after it while, it

or whatever like that. an economy stands. as for as health care goes, i got v.a., but i have a little trouble trusting the v.a. because of what they put in my body. they put a biological internal device and my body. i wonder if i have health care if someone is pretending to talk to me -- host: i will leave it there. let's talk about the direction for the democratic national committee. this is the "washington examiner" piece that you wrote. dnc'satic infighting over direction is nearing a flashpoint. what do you mean by that, nearing a flashpoint, and when does that come? host: that was earlier when i'm -- guest: that was earlier when i mentioned the meeting in december. a lot of bernie folks are saying if they do not see these reforms implemented, what is the point of the dnc? the dnc has been struggling with fundraising, so they see this as an opportunity to show donors of voters, look, we're taking all of the concerns that were voiced during the 2016 primary seriously, and we will institute these reforms and hopefully more people will start getting involved and

or she owes the money. it's the least we could do. h.r. 3705 as amended would require v.a. to develop a new notification letter that explains in plain language how the alleged debt was created and what actions a veteran can take to dispute or mitigate the debt. in addition, the bill would direct v.a. to study and report to congress on its current debt collection process, including how many veterans are not receiving debt collection notices because of incorrect addresses. the report would also describe the v.a. -- the steps the v.a. will take to reduce the number of incorrect addresses in the department's databases. with that, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from florida reserves. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. walz: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. walz: and i feel like we're on a roll, mr. speaker. we should stay here all day. bipartisan, commonsense legislation improving the lives of veterans. kind of feels li

call for help and get the military or the v.a. xen mollies. delayed and i hope you guys. you think you. still thought. you. thank you. thank you. thank you. a proxy war between two of the biggest palace in the middle east to a wrong and saudi arabia has escalated directly affecting other countries in the region. led. hundreds of thousands took to the streets of boston logan angry at madrid's crackdown on form a council on leaders behind the region's independence declaration. a highly anticipated formal meeting between donald trump and not a myth written fails to transpire that the pad did chat on the sidelines of the apec summit denigrate to cooperate on syria. the us justice department that america register as a foreign agent by monday channels banking.

wide value added tax or v.a. t. is meant to be implemented next year it will be a five percent tax in most countries since the gulf crisis began cats are has been building up its farms to make the country less reliant on costly food imports and saudi arabia has introduced an official plan called the saudi vision twenty thirty to reduce the country's dependence on oil diversify its economy and develop public civil service sectors let's talk to our guests now joining us in london jane ken month deputy head and senior research fellow at the middle east and north africa program at chatham house in cambridge a specialist in monetary policy and political economy in london cornelia mair specialist on oil and gas she is c.e.o. of mayer resource good to have all three of you on the show thank you very much for joining us khaled al-harbi let me start off with you what was your response to this report by the i.m.f. as a cattery an economist did it make you sit up and listen and go goodness me this is telling me something i don

responsibility to look after veterans very seriously, whether pushing for better policies or fighting to improve access to the v.a. medical services or going to bat on behalf of someone the bureaucracy has left behind. so mr. speaker, i'd like to close by extending my sincere gratitude to everyone who has served this country and their family. our country is great because of the men and women who were willing to sacrifice on our behalf. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes gentleman from kentucky, mr. barr, for five minutes. i rise : mr. speaker, today to share the amazing story of rick coreman, the hardworking, hard charging founder of r.j. coreman railroad in in nicklesville, kentucky, in my district. his life is an example of the american dream. his spirit and determination benefited not only the employees but an entire community. unfortunately, america's broken tax code, the ability of entrepreneurs like rick are compromised. and the estate tax in particular threatens the future ability of the company to continue to drive economic growth, employment, and charita

into effect in january the kingdom passed a draft law earlier this year to apply a value added tax or v.a eighty on some products and services and it's all part of saudi arabia's economic reform as the oil dependent country deals with the slumping global crude prices. at the top u.s. commander says he would refuse to carry out any illegal nuclear strike ordered from donald trump or any other president air force general john hiten is responsible for overseeing the u.s. nuclear arsenal he told the france international security forum in canada that he had given a lot of thought to what he would say if we received such an order his comments come as tension between the u.s. and north korea remains high. separatist leaders in indian administered kashmir have called for a shutdown of shops and businesses to protest against the recent killing of rebel fighters thousands of people marched in a funeral procession on saturday for a rebel commander who was killed in a shootout with police mourners chanted anti india slogans as they carried his body just hours later at least five suspected rebels and

that would be associated with misconduct. 13,282 veterans 23% or received an other than honorable discharge, leaving them without access to v.a.'s critical mental health care services. as a marine corps combat veteran, i'd like to live by the rule we never leave anyone behind. unfortunately, the military routinely use the other than honorable discharge to rid itself of combat veterans who were designated as having disciplinary problems and who often had documented medical histories of ptsd. rather than providing them with the treatment and rehabilitation they so desperately needed. while the correlation of their mental health care condition and their minor misconduct could be linked, this made no fact to their character of discharge. mr. speaker, my legislation, h.r. 918, veteran urgent access to mental health care act, seeks to help this. those have been able to seek v.a. care for a service-connected disability. however, due to the way these combat veterans were discharged and because of a failure to connect the dots between their minor misconduct and their mental health condition, the department of defense's failed to recog

v.a. should expand with the presumptive disabilities, bladder cancer, you name it. where does that review stand? and are you ready to make an announcement today on whether or not a policy has been revised in terms of allowing more ailments to expand the list of what qualifies -- which ties to benefits, again, for v.a. covering ailments related to agent orange? >> i'm glad to clarify the situation since i think it may be a little bit murky. v.a. has undergone extensive study of the issue of agent orange and its relationships to a number of comorbidities. i reviewed in the benefits talk today, the first time that we really acknowledged that was 2005. we added more presumptives in 2011. we have been studying additional conditions. that report was handed to v.a. back in early 2016, and v.a. was required to give a report on that within 60 days of the data coming back in. this is an example where v.a. is not performing at an acceptable level. that decision has been delayed and delayed and delayed. i made a commitment. i would not delay that any further as secretary. i would make a decision by november 1st of 2017, which was last week. i can assure you, i spent a

shulkin was nominated by president donald trump to serve as the ninth veterans' affairs or v.a. secretary, commonly called, and confirmed by the united states senate in february. prior to his role as secretary, he served as the v.a.'s undersecretary for health 18 months, leading the nation's largest integrated health care system with more than 1700 sites of care serving nine million veterans. before he began his service with the v.a., he held numerous chief executive roles at the morris town medical center, and atlantic health care system, accountable care organization, served as president and chief executive officer of the beth israel medical center in new york. he has held numerous physician leadership roles, including chief medical officer at the university of pennsylvania health. he's a fellow pennsylvanian. a lot of you know that i'm a pennsylvanian. always acknowledge that. temple university hospital, medical college of pennsylvania hospital. he's also held academic ositions including chairman of medicine, drexel university school of medicine. internist, he is a fellow of

and too often, doctors whether it's at the v.a. or in private practice aren't able to counsel their patients and give them advice and comfort that there is a substance in medical cannabis which has proven in some circumstances to have medical value. stage 4 terminal cancer includes symptoms like loss of appetite, which can be helped by cannabis. chronic pain, shortness of breath. chemotherapy indutioned nausea. all those things can be helped by cannabis. those who have stage three of aids have sleeplessness and weight loss that can be helped by medical cannabis and it's shown great promise in the treatment of alzheimer's, crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy when there are refractory seiziers -- seizure, at times 30 or 40 seizures a day. in this great country we'll have people who receive terminal diagnosis each and every day. i say let's get the government out of their way. let's let the decisions that impact the health care of patients be made by patient, family members an their doctors, not a bunch of politicians and bu

v.a. hospital or if not in their community with local mental health resources, with their churches, with theirtual leaders but not let people suffer alone. >>> yesterday on this program we talked about a hunger program that is trying to reach out to veterans wherethere is a shockingly high number of veterans who don't have enough food to eat or their families aren't being taken care of, either we talked about how there is a point of pride where veterans don't want to reach out and take help how do you get over that stigma. >> well, of course, these are very -- these are people with a great deal of pride and we have to always respect their dignity but 150 years ago president lincoln came out and said that we have a responsibility as a nation to care for those who have borne the battle and often some who come back from conflict don't have those physical wounds of war but they're more emotional so we have to recognize that and reach out with respect but offer that help because there should be no veteran suffering from hunger or taking their life through suicide. >> several years ago, veterans aff

v.a. provides a headstone or marker for eligible spouses or children who are buried or inturned in a national military post or state veteran cemetery. however, they are not eligible for a government furnished headstone or marker if they are buried in a private or tribal cemetery. this bill would resolve this inequity to make sure that veteran spouses and children who are buried at tribal cemeteries are provided government headstones or markers which would be the same at national or state cemeteries received. h.r. 3657, as amended, does -- amended does enjoys brought from members port of the house veterans' committee. mr. poliquin and the memorial subcommittee for bringing it to the floor. native americans have deserved the same rights, honors and privileges others receive. i strongly support h.r. 3657 as amended and urine my colleagues to join me and i reserve the balance of my time, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. roe: thank you, mr. speaker. i now three yield minutes to mr. bruce poliquin of maine. the speaker pro

in some time or two thousand and four. i know it is. the v.a. clinic instead of seeing old caucasian men with meal chairs and oxygen who are in their eighty's. the entire composition of the waiting room changed. full of young women and men of all ethnicities and they're all in their twenty's back from their first year long deployment in iraq. the typical service member came in with an inability to complete a two mile run within regulation time. most of them had already had a traditional work up for pulmonary disease including x. rays c.t. scans plenty function testing all of these studies returned normal or near normal in almost every case. it was subtle because these service members complained of shortness of breath with exertion but their x. rays and pulmonary function tests indicated that they shouldn't have any disability itll that doctors are throwing up their hands and saying what would cause a twenty seven year all man to have a long. long charities or a respiratory condition eighty five year old man and they started pointing to their exp

v.a. get private health insurance or do they still use the v.a.e access to the v.a again, i think the v.a. system is gradually improving i think that bob mcdonald started that by the way, we honored him last night. >> really? >> at the iraq and afghanistan veterans of america annual gala. i think the -- who, of course, moved up in the organization is very much continuing that. the initiative congress and the white house to give additional authorities to the v.a. secretary i think are very positive as well we can then speed the delivery of services and the bureaucracy that, you know, used to take a year or more you just get a bill paid all the challenges a veteran has, at least we can get their bills paid for v.a. care and so forth on time. >> i just wanted you to reflect on your own career in the military just given this day and sort of how you feel about beyond the sort of bigger issue >> well, look, i think serving one's country in uniform is the greatest of privileges, and beyond that it's an even greater privilege to serve with others who all

individuals who have been kicked out of the military, they are denied mental health benefits or any benefits through the v.a. there is a move among some quarters to try to change that, saying, look, people exactly like this are exactly the kind of people who need help. what do you think? >> yeah, the issue in this case, jake, is that this individual truly -- we probably could go back to his enlistment and probably make a determination he probably should not have been allowed to enlist to begin with. that's going back in time trying to do a little bit of evaluation. however, he was accused of a crime that was not determined to have any type of a mental status associated with it. he was a wife abuser, he was a child abuser. >> meaning he didn't do that because he had emotional problems, he did that because he was a bad guy. >> he was a bad guy making some absolutely stupid decisions. shouldn't have been in uniform and the military said, you know, we need to get rid of you and punish you for the long term. a bad conduct discharge is going to deny you all host of your benefits that you would have had. think it'

v.a. hospitals. it's a goal, but it hasn't been met yet and infertility in both women and men that serve the country orher areas today that have toxic exposure is something that we need more work on. v.a. benefits need adjudication for women veterans. adjudication. suicide and homeless rates for women veterans are on the rise, and we need to look at that and help. military sexual trauma care is a sore point. in 2014, we had a bill passed that was supposed to hel suicide and homeless rates for more ever again. [applause] the forever g.i. bill that just passed will be greatly used by our veterans that have been delayed entry back to school for either family, mental health, or medical reasons. the majority of us veterans, all of us, we have gone home, served in our communities, been in places of leadership, and we continue to work with ourselves and others. we need to stand and work and live together always, because we are special. we are. thank you, i'm proud to be a veteran and welcome home. [applause] >> thank you, kate. it is now my pleasure to introduce maya lin. she was a student at yell, where she

legally or illegally paying taxes in their home countries that's the problem at the v.a. is one of the law of the slothful the is a large eight legal system again very connected to the offshore. applebee as one of the major players in the offshore business this company video gives a soft pitch for its hard hitting services that has a branch on the isle of man and seven other tax havens hundreds of lawyers and financial consultants create tailor made solutions for clients eager to avoid tax and grow their assets. most of the data we examined comes from appleby and us tara thirteen point four million electronic documents were leaked to the german newspapers did georget site don't want to share them with an international consortium of journalists the files reveal the machinations that normally take place in secret the deals that deprive public coffers of billions of euros in tax funds urgently needed for schools hospitals infrastructure. one of applebee's major clients came from germany court and on and on his name is associated with what is probably germany's largest ever t

v.a. hours were instructed to contact the referee on the field whenever they thought he or she might have got something wrong. on top of that the project supervisor hem a kook was accused of actively influencing decisions during at least two matches this season. despite the allegations being so far proven in the german f.a. dismissed group for his roles. he's been replaced by former top referrer lots of hurley's. want to remind you now of our main headline right now. president trump has been left isolated in climate change negotiations assyria announces that it will sign up to the paris climate accord the u.s. is now the only un member not to commit or support a climate pact. you're watching the news on little rock in berlin we'll see you again at the top of the hour. kick off the bendis legal highlights. hamburg secure their first win since august defeating stuttgart to leave the drop zone. dortmund turn from houston to crisis on saturday crumbling three two one hand to buy. the business safe the climate question at the u.n. climate change conference told sarah kenney discusses the su wi

v.a. because they make more money than the threshold or they're not disabled to the point where they get there so most of them receive their health benefits through their employer. but when those expenses get too great, one of the things we have in current tax law is, they're allowed to deduct those expenses. they're taking that away. when you vote yes today, you're taking that away and giving billionaires a tax break. once again, it's going to be a choice. it's very simple. yes or no. green light, red light. you'll be able to decide on that. this hurts veterans. by prioritizing corporations and the ultra wealthy over the middle class, they're directly harming veterans. and be very clear, veterans median income is $36,466. they are not going to see savings from this bill. if they are a disabled veteran or have a child going to college, they will pay more so that a very few of us can get a tax break. creates -- corporations, by the way, can deduct state and local taxes. veterans can't. corporations can deduct property tax -- boy, that went fast. there's a lot more in this that's bad. bring this

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whether on choice with their programs or just draining the v.a.them to another area so they can mismanage people's health. i'm encouraged. ainsley: jason beardsley former special army operations and former green beret, when you came on the panel this morning, what's one thing, i have not served our country, i love you all for doing that and i appreciate it what is something for folks at home like me, what needs to be highlighted because i'm not in it so i don't really know obviously as well as do you. >> everybody here is service oriented. we love leadership. so those of us who served do it with honor. we will do it every single day. it requires that clear decisive leadership. we have seen that now. let's put this all together. you talked about the v.a. and. so struggles we are still going to see. put the own news where it belongs and get our congress and senate let's get them in the leadership seats. the administration can only do so much. they can pass legislation and recommend it we are waiting for taxes. i'm a small business owner. i have hear

v.a. has initiated the internal review of the eligibility decisions placing a moratorium on any further benefit revocations so we are happy about that nobody has been discharged that is very little solace to you or others at this time to lose those benefits. we do have a letter to the v.a. urging them to read enrolled those were discharged with insufficient explanation in told the review is completed so we will continue to work on this. >> madam chair since i have been gone with the veterans affairs committee and was told i was here and now we need to make it a priority to look at addressing the things that the ranking member mentioned with those revocations and disruption of service. i never miss an opportunity we have a lot of red tape and the dod and v.a.. let your senate offices in the prostate we the scissors. i have been here two and a half years we have opened our 10,000 case 6,000 of which are veteran related so the next time you go to the v.a. with benefits the you are entitled to not getting the right answer let the next phone call me to the senator of your choice in your state we owe that to you first and foremost, thanks for your service to the spouse and the men have served. i just

v.a. t twenty eighteen because of these fundamentals oil prices just will not rise to a level where the g.c.c. budgets or the all form of g.c.c. budgets can be sustained so everyone is perfect pursuing in one way or another fiscal reform and that involves expanding the revenue base but essentially this is all about saudi arabia trying to wean itself off of its dependence on oil do you think ultimately it's going to be able to do that. i think sunning pieces of aramco is an easy solution and i don't think they'll confront many problems ahead of that the problem will be in terms of where to list how much value they get for aramco but since aramco contributes a vast majority of the state's income selling a portion of diversifying solves a piece of the problem so fiscal rebalancing getting the economy or government revenues to move away from oil is an easy part of the equation getting saudi arabia's economy in proper i actually employees actual saudis to diversify is a more daunting challenge over here i am carol good to speak with you now the bank of england has raised its key interest rate for the first ti

v.a., we get them in the private sector as well. the 21st century g.i. bill, we finally made sure the g.i. bill applies to everybody, not just world war ii or vietnam war-era veterans, but veterans of all conflicts and of all types. we have done everything we could to see to it the benefits we promised them would be there when they left the military are there for them in retirement and in their later life. the sacrifice they make is great and the sacrifices we have made to save our veterans is great. today veterans come home from the battlefield 90% of the time when they are wounded, they come home, whereas in world war ii, 10% came home, 90% died on the battlefield. but because of the advancements we have made in armor and protection and the health care services we have, a lot of veterans today live that would not have lived just 25 or 30 years ago. and the injuries they sustain are far greater than any injuries we knew in warfare before. the signature illness is ptsd, pose traumatic stress syndrome, but part of the body is protected by the new vests which are impenetrable by a bullet. most of them are from i.e.d.'s and explosives and thin