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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"
NPR�s Cokie Roberts provides a behind-the-scenes look at some of the women who helped shape the nation after it gained independence from England.
Cokie Roberts, Political commentator for ABC News, Senior News Analyst for NPR, and author of "We Are Our Mothers' Daughters" and with her husband, Steve Roberts, "From This Day Forward."
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