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The lasting toll of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

This week, Scott Pelley reported on the families who held the home front while their spouses, fathers and mothers fought in the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. About 600,000 American veterans have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. Symptoms can include anxiety, fear, irritability, and depression. Through their reporting for this week’s story, Scott Pelley and the …

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One U.S. Navy secret weapon in the Red Sea? Sailor morale

Editor’s Note: The Pentagon on Saturday said that the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, an aircraft carrier operating in the Red Sea and at the center of America’s response to Houthi attacks, had begun its journey home and would soon be replaced by the USS Theodore Roosevelt. When the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower set sail last October, the sailors …

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