1 in 4 U.S. Vets Iraq & Afghanistan Disabled from Service?

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Did VA Hide Figures Showing 1 in 4 US Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Disabled From Service?
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Did VA Hide Figures Showing 1 in 4 US Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Disabled From Service?
Newly released documents reveal that more than 150,000 soldiers who left the military after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan have been at least partly disabled as a result of service - this translates to one in four veterans. What's more, it appears the Department of Veterans' Affairs was trying to hide the figures. We speak with Paul Sullivan of Veterans for America.


Afghanistan
Two suicide blasts wound 16 in Afghanistan
Two suicide bombers, one targeting a U.S.-led coalition convoy and another Afghan soldiers, blew themselves up in the southeastern province of Khost on Thursday, wounding 16 people.
Guantanamo Detainees Go to Afghanistan
Sixteen Afghans and an Iranian arrived in Afghanistan on Thursday after they were released from years of detention at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an Afghan official said.

Iraq War
4 in 10 recent war vets file for disability, study says
A newly released report finds 42 percent of recently discharged combat veterans are filing service-connected disability claims, a trend that could overwhelm the Department of Veterans' Affairs budget and claims process.
Sacrifice of the Few
Sergeant Mike Krause remembers the time, not too long ago, when he came home on a brief leave from Iraq. He was walking through an airport, in uniform, and other passengers, spotting him, began to applaud.
For Bush, Many Questions on Iraq and North Korea
President Bush said Wednesday that he would not use force against North Korea because ?diplomacy hasn?t run its course,? but acknowledged that many Americans wonder why he invaded Iraq but has not taken military action to head off North Korea?s race for a bomb.
In Victory for Shiite Leader, Iraqi Parliament Approves Creating Autonomous Regions
Iraq's Shiite-dominated Parliament approved a law on Wednesday enabling provinces to unite to form autonomous regions, in spite of vehement opposition by Sunni Arab leaders who said it could splinter the republic and disadvantage the minority Sunni population.
Top U.S. Officer in Iraq Sees Spike in Violence
The senior American commander in Iraq said Wednesday that violence in Baghdad had reached its highest levels in recent weeks, despite the assignment of thousands more American and Iraqi troops to the capital in August.
'Tough' Time in Iraq to Continue, Casey Says
Violence in the Baghdad region has peaked with a flare-up of sectarian attacks in the past few weeks, leaving U.S. commanders and the Iraqi government "not comfortable" with the current situation there, Gen. George W. Casey, the top U.S. general in Iraq, said yesterday.
U.S. Agency Cites Flaws in Another Iraqi Construction Project
The American-financed rebuilding of an Iraqi police headquarters that was meant to show a new approach to reconstruction has instead turned out to be rife with shoddy construction and is exposing security forces to unnecessary risk, a federal oversight agency said yesterday.