Difference between revisions of "Take Back America"

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===Betrayed!: How the Failure to Care for the 21st Century Veteran is Endangering Families and Jeopardizing Communities===
 
===Betrayed!: How the Failure to Care for the 21st Century Veteran is Endangering Families and Jeopardizing Communities===
 
On June 19, 2007, [[Stacy Bannerman]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Betrayed!: How the Failure to Care for the 21st Century Veteran is Endangering Families and Jeopardizing Communities"''. The description for the session was:
 
On June 19, 2007, [[Stacy Bannerman]] spoke in a session entitled ''"Betrayed!: How the Failure to Care for the 21st Century Veteran is Endangering Families and Jeopardizing Communities"''. The description for the session was:
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:''"The Walter Reed scandal is just the tip of the iceberg in the Bush administration's failure to care for our returning veterans and their families.  
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:''"The Walter Reed scandal is just the tip of the iceberg in the Bush administration's failure to care for our returning veterans and their families. Tens of thousands of veterans have timed out of the two-year window of mental health care guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. Many of America’s veterans, children, and military family members now meet the definition of an “at-risk” population: Being endangered, as from exposure to disease or from a lack of parental or familial guidance and proper health care.''
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Tens of thousands of veterans have timed out of the two-year window of mental health care guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. Many of America’s veterans, children, and military family members now meet the definition of an “at-risk” population: Being endangered, as from exposure to disease or from a lack of parental or familial guidance and proper health care.''
 
  
 
:''The untreated effects of combat-related trauma last a lifetime, and long-term consequences include: unemployment, severe depression, divorce, domestic violence, chemical dependency, poor physical health, homelessness, “accidental death,” suicide, and even murder. But these are not your father’s veterans. As the wife of a National Guardsman who served a year in Iraq, and a charter Board member of Military Families Speak Out, I have seen first-hand the psychological wounds the Iraq War is inflicting in the troops and their loved ones.''
 
:''The untreated effects of combat-related trauma last a lifetime, and long-term consequences include: unemployment, severe depression, divorce, domestic violence, chemical dependency, poor physical health, homelessness, “accidental death,” suicide, and even murder. But these are not your father’s veterans. As the wife of a National Guardsman who served a year in Iraq, and a charter Board member of Military Families Speak Out, I have seen first-hand the psychological wounds the Iraq War is inflicting in the troops and their loved ones.''

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Take Back America is the name of the annual conference which was run by Campaign for America's Future from 2003 - 2008. Campaign for America's Future runs a major annual conference which is well-attended by leftist speakers and delegates. America's Future Now is the new name for the Take Back America conferences.

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