PTSD Ruling Returns Benefits to Thousands of Vets

Former airman Aimee Sherrod stopped going to the therapy sessions, even though she couldn’t get visions of exploding mortars out of her head.

 

If Giants Get a Parade, Say Some Vets, Why Not Us?

The New York Giants on Tuesday will be showered with confetti and greeted by throngs as they are feted with the city’s most storied honor: a parade through its Canyon of Heroes.

 

Wolfenbarger tapped to be Air Force’s first female four-star

WASHINGTON — Air Force Lt. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger would become the highest-ranking woman officer ever to serve in the Air Force if a nomination forwarded Monday by President Barack Obama is approved by the Senate.

 

Memo on PTSD costs sparked Army review of forensic psychiatric team

SEATTLE — In a lecture to colleagues, a Madigan Army Medical Center psychiatrist said a soldier who retires with a post-traumatic-stress-disorder diagnosis could eventually receive $1.5 million in government payments, according to a memo by a Western Regional Medical Command ombudsman who attended the September presentation.

 

With Syria Embassy Shut, What’s Next For The U.S.?

President Obama says it’s time for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down. Yet Monday’s decision to shut down the U.S. Embassy in Damascus reflected the deteriorating conditions in a country that appears locked in a protracted conflict with no end in sight.

 

Pakistani Minister Urges Reopening Border to NATO

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s defense minister says the country should reopen its Afghan border crossings to NATO troop supplies after negotiating a better deal with the coalition.