A study shows long deployments create anxiety for many kids with parents in the military. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
Jordan Pittard, 14, remembers feeling anxious about his father being deployed with the U.S. Army in Iraq from 2006 to 2007. His mother, Lucille, a teacher, admits struggling to have enough time to work, take care of the house and talk enough to her kids.
Jordan,15, tells CNN's Thelma Gutierrez how he learned about his dad's upcoming Iraq deployment.
Jordan has moved 10 times in the last three years, but his most unsettling news came when his mother recently sat him down and asked, "How would you feel about your dad going to Iraq?"
"Operation Purple" camp in Santa Barbara allows children whose mothers or fathers are deployed by the military to have some summer fun with other kids who know exactly what they're going through.
Dependably profitable books are rare in the publishing business, and they generally come with a name like Stephen King or Harry Potter attached. But another lucrative brand of bestseller has emerged in the last few years: the instant-release blue-ribbon commission report, with the Baker-Hamilton Commission's "Iraq Study Group Report" its latest example.
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