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Fallon: Force stress may not ease soon

Rick Maze, Army Times

The stress on the force from extended deployments could get worse before it gets better, top combatant commanders warned Congress on Tuesday.

Iraq troop drawdown faces opposition

Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy News Service

Military worried violence will return as troops leave Iraq

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Veterans returning from wars find VA under strain

Lou Michel, the Buffalo News (New York)

‘Flood’ coming as soldiers return from wars needing care

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Army struggles with rising suicide

Dahleen Glanton and Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune

A soldier’s tale illustrates the prevention battle inside the service as 2007 set a new high for troops taking their own lives

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For Palisades native, war trauma ends in suicide

Hannna Adely, the Journal News (New York)

PALISADES - After two tours in Iraq with the Marine Corps Reserve, Steven Vickerman tried to resume a normal life at home with his wife, but he could not shake a feeling of despair.

His parents,…

Va. Braces for Veterans’ Needs

Chris L. Jenkins, the Washington Post

Some Returning Troops Rely on Local Services, Not Military

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Shortchanging Our Vets: Senate Probes Pentagon

Regional News Network (video)

A handful of US senators are calling on the Pentagon to review the Defense Department’s inability to provide equipment for our troops, including blast resistant vehicles. Along with Republican Kit Bond of Missouri, Democrats Joe Biden, Ted Kennedy…

Casey: Move to shorter tours has to happen

Matthew Cox, Army Times

The Army’s chief of staff reiterated his commitment to shortening combat tours in Iraq to 12 months to a Senate panel Wednesday, stressing that current 15-month deployments are “just not sustainable.”

Authors: Wars’ true cost more than $3 trillion

Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald

A new book attempts to estimate the true cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Culver pleads case for harried Guard

Jane Norman, the Des Moines Register

Iowa’s governor tells the chairman of the joint chiefs that deployments have strained soldiers.

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