On line registration for this event is closed. Walk in registrations will be accepted.The psychological toll of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom “could well be [our] generation’s Agent Orange syndrome,” one veterans’ advocacy group warns. A bill to increase federal spending on mental health treatment...

By the end of the year, 10,000 American soldiers in Afghanistan will be home with their families--and their memories. As many as 20 percent of them will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety or depression, while suicide rates have reached tragic new highs among veterans. In response, the Department of Veterans Affairs has greatly expanded its mental health services.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is implementing new rules that seek to make it easier for veterans that have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder to receive disability, but misapplied largess can undermine the recovery prospects of other veterans.

How many veterans fall through the gap between care and compensation is a question that is worth investigating. The scope is important, but there is little question that the problem exists.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is now paying compensation for post-traumatic stress disordera newround of veterans--those in their 50s and 60s who fought in Vietnam.

A new rule broadens the definition of post-traumatic stress disorder, allowing non-combat veterans to receive disability benefits for being traumatized by events they did not actually experience.

Congress should back up its cries to "support the troops" with action.

Should the government negotiate the prices of pharmaceuticals covered by the new Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit? The incoming Democratic leadership in Congress has made Medicare price negotiation a top policy priority, but controversy rages over precisely what that might entail and whether it would reduce drug costs in...