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PBS NewsHour | Army Program Designed to Alleviate PTSD for Troops Returning From Combat | PBS

Duration: 10:04
Program: PBS NewsHour #10219
Broadcast Date: Dec. 14, 2011

In 2009, the Army launched a program designed to help the country's 1.4 million people in uniform cope after tours in Iraq or Afghanistan. Betty Ann Bowser reports on the goals of the $140 million Comprehensive Soldier Fitness initiative, and the controversy it has elicited.

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Post Date: December 14, 2011