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A new independent report by the RAND Corporation says one in five veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression. The report looks at the health care costs today and the need to overhaul the system to meet the needs of returning veterans. Our panel looks at the problem and the challenges ahead.
Terri Tanielian, study co-director, senior research analyst, co-director, Center for Military Health Policy Research at the RAND Corporation
Col. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, M.D., director, Proponency of Behavioral Health, U.S. Army Medical Command
Paul Rieckhoff, executive director and founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and author of "Chasing Ghosts"
It is estimated that more than 5 million men, women and children have died in Congo over the past 10 years. An award winning documentarian examines who rape has been, and continues to be, used as a weapon of the war.
John Prendergast, co-chair of the ENOUGH Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity
Lisa Jackson, filmmaker, "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo." It won a Special Jury Prize for Documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Christine Schuler-Deschryver, human rights activist in the Congo
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