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Why can't we share the truth about war?

There are dozens of get-well cards on his wall. On his bed, there's another pile from family, friends, high school pals. The patient must be 19 or 20 -- a kid -- and his smile is magnetic.

Unique program brings injured vets back to Iraq -- to heal

Edwin Salau knew coming back would be hard. But he had to do it. The retired U.S. Army first lieutenant needed to know that his sacrifice was worth it.

Iraq veteran gets powerful new knees

Lt. Col. Greg Gadson is not a bionic man, but he does have a new set of powerful knees.

For wounded soldier, citizenship is 'icing on the cake'

Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar raised his right hand and pledged allegiance to the Constitution, swearing to protect it against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

SI.com: Kevin Armstrong: Jerry York is my Sportsman

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 2. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here.

Military breaks ground for new Walter Reed facility

Less than two years after reports of decrepit conditions at the nation's most prominent military hospital, the military broke ground Thursday for the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

For amputees, an unlikely painkiller: Mirrors

Army Sgt. Nick Paupore was in the lead Humvee in a convoy rolling through Kirkuk City, Iraq, when the vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.

Gates to ask Congress for nearly $190 billion war funding

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is asking for nearly $190 billion from Congress to help fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an increase from the amount requested earlier this year.

Veterans Affairs secretary resigns

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson announced Tuesday he would leave his post later this year to resume a career in the private sector, a statement from the department said.

For wounded troops, the next battle is on the job front

The U.S. troops brought to Walter Reed Army Medical Center are among the military's most severely wounded from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Why can't we share the truth about war?

There are dozens of get-well cards on his wall. On his bed, there's another pile from family, friends, high school pals. The patient must be 19 or 20 -- a kid -- and his smile is magnetic.

Unique program brings injured vets back to Iraq -- to heal

Edwin Salau knew coming back would be hard. But he had to do it. The retired U.S. Army first lieutenant needed to know that his sacrifice was worth it.

Iraq veteran gets powerful new knees

Lt. Col. Greg Gadson is not a bionic man, but he does have a new set of powerful knees.

For wounded soldier, citizenship is 'icing on the cake'

Sgt. Juan Luis Alcivar raised his right hand and pledged allegiance to the Constitution, swearing to protect it against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

SI.com: Kevin Armstrong: Jerry York is my Sportsman

Sports Illustrated will announce its choice for Sportsman of the Year on Dec. 2. Here's one of the nominations for that honor by an SI writer. For more essays, click here.

Military breaks ground for new Walter Reed facility

Less than two years after reports of decrepit conditions at the nation's most prominent military hospital, the military broke ground Thursday for the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

For amputees, an unlikely painkiller: Mirrors

Army Sgt. Nick Paupore was in the lead Humvee in a convoy rolling through Kirkuk City, Iraq, when the vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.

Gates to ask Congress for nearly $190 billion war funding

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is asking for nearly $190 billion from Congress to help fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an increase from the amount requested earlier this year.

Veterans Affairs secretary resigns

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson announced Tuesday he would leave his post later this year to resume a career in the private sector, a statement from the department said.

For wounded troops, the next battle is on the job front

The U.S. troops brought to Walter Reed Army Medical Center are among the military's most severely wounded from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Volunteer discovers her mission: Helping families of wounded troops

Peggy Baker said she never gave much thought to the military before her son enlisted in the Army shortly after September 11, 2001.

Time.com: U.S. Struggling to Treat War Wounded

Iraq war veterans are coming home with injuries of a scope and magnitude the government did not predict and is now struggling to treat

Time.com: VA Hospital Conditions Criticized

The Department of Veterans Affairs knew for months that shower heads, handrails and other fixtures posed serious suicide risks to Seattle-area psychiatric patients, but refused to fix the problems

Wounded Warriors

Set your VCR to record the CNN Presents Classroom Edition: Wounded Warriors when it airs commercial-free on Monday, May 28, 2007, from 4:00 -- 5:00 a.m. ET on CNN. (A short feature begins at 4:00 a.m. and precedes the program.)

Army surgeon general ousted amid Walter Reed scandal

Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley has lost his job as Army surgeon general, another casualty of the care scandal at Walter Reed Medical Center.

New post to deal with problems at Walter Reed

The Army has created a new post to help address problems at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army's vice chief of staff announced Thursday.

Panel leaders promise 'vigorous' review of veterans' care

Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and ex-Cabinet member Donna Shalala vowed Wednesday to carry out a "vigorous" review of health care for recovering war veterans, focusing primarily on Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Dole, Shalala to investigate Walter Reed problems

President Bush on Tuesday named Democrat Donna Shalala and Republican Bob Dole to head a commission to investigate problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Witness slams 'nightmares' of Army medical system

Witnesses told a House panel Monday that wounded U.S. soldiers are forced to struggle against a nightmarish and untrustworthy Army medical system that leaves veterans stranded in unfit conditions.

Army secretary quits in wake of hospital scandal

Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey resigned Friday in the wake of recent reports of substandard conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a key facility treating troops wounded in Iraq.

Friday, March 2

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The widow of New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle has filed suit against the company that made her husband's doomed plane, alleging that "catastrophic failure" of its flight control system caused the aircraft's crash into a Manhattan high-rise apartment building last fall.

Army fires commander of Walter Reed hospital

The top general at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was fired Thursday, the military announced, following revelations of poor conditions in the building where troops who were wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq are treated.

Leadership blamed for shabby Army hospital building

Army Secretary Francis Harvey blamed a failure of leadership for substandard conditions in a building that is part of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and vowed Tuesday to move quickly to fix the problem.

FSB: Makeover my business: How to expand

Two best friends with the same first name, Jeff Brandt and Jeff Quelet, met years ago when both were in the early days of an unusual career: fitting patients with artificial limbs and body braces, ...

Remembering World War II

When you meet Pennsylvanian Robert Collins, radioman second class United States Navy (ret.) on a visit to the new World War Two Memorial in the nation's capital, you no longer care who was right or wrong in the argument over whether it should have been built on the mall between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.

Mark Shields: A long-overdue debate

Because the nation was at peace during my own time on active duty in the United States Marine Corps, I -- like every man I know -- have often wondered whether, faced with the terror and the horror of combat, my own courage and honor would have met the test and been affirmed. I can only hope so. I will never know.

Vets say visits restricted to U.S. wounded

One of the nation's leading veterans' service organizations accuses the Pentagon of "severely restricting" its counselors from visiting wounded and injured service members at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

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