Injured vet Tammy Duckworth

We’ve long been warned how unprepared this country is for the number of young men and women who will return home from the Iraq War with mental and physical disabilities.

American military casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan have exceeded 28,000. Statistics show that 80 percent of the wounded are in the 18-30 age range and face an entire lifetime of recovery, adding to an already strained long-term care system that lacks a stable, well-trained workforce. Read the full story