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574 “We are not…prepared for this”: Vlahos, “Iraq War Takes Toll on GIs’ Mental Health.”
575 “The [Veterans Administration]…fixed now”: Ibid.
576 “establish quality standards”: “About the Defense Centers of Excellence,” DCOE.health.mil, www.dcoe.health.mil/default.aspx.
577 “can deal with everything”: Jeff Schogol, “Outreach Center Created to Aid Veterans and Families,” Stars and Stripes, January 16, 2009, www.dcoe.health.mil/NewsItem.aspx?ID=27.
578 “service members can talk”: Jeff Schogol, “Pentagon Hopes Stories Help Troops with PTSD,” Stars and Stripes, February 9, 2009, www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60587.
579 Ajax by Sophocles: Ibid.
580 President Obama’s budget request: Paul Sullivan, “Veterans for Common Sense Statement Responding to President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2010 VA Budget Request,” VeteransforCommonSense.org, February 26, 2009, www.veteransforcommonsense.org/articleid/12424.
581 The VA says: Ibid.
582 “provides greater benefits”: Ibid.
583 The VA lauded the additional: Ibid.
About the Authors
DICK MORRIS served as Bill Clinton’s political consultant for twenty years. A regular political commentator on Fox News and other networks, he is the author of six New York Times bestsellers (all with Eileen McGann) and one Washington Post bestseller.
EILEEN McGANN, an attorney and consultant, works with Dick on campaigns around the world, specializing in using the Internet to win elections. Together they write weekly columns for the New York Post and foxnews.com.
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