The Department of Veteran Affairs is
facing an old problem much sooner than expected; veterans from the Iraq
and Afghanistan wars are already showing up in homeless shelters.
According to a nationwide survey released by the National Coalition for
Homeless Veterans, nearly 70 veterans from the two active military
campaigns have spent time in shelters over the past year. Though the
number may seem small in comparison to the number of soldiers
discharged so far, veterans' groups see these individuals as the first
trickle of what is expected to be a deluge of returning soldiers
psychologically scarred by these emotionally taxing wars. [more]
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