Iran and Diplomatic Confusion; LA Veterans Home from the Wars

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In addition to the visible wounds of combat, hundreds of thousands of veterans come home from Iraq and Afghanistan with injuries nobody else can see. What’s happening to those with PTSD and brain damage as they try to adjust to life in LA? On our rebroadcast of To the Point, political divisions inside Iran appear to be threatening a nuclear deal with the west, even though competing Iranian factions may want it to happen.

Some veterans, blind and disabled during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, say they’re suffering even more from brain damage and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. We hear what it’s like to become a civilian again. What help do they need? How much are they getting? On our rebroadcast of today’s To the Point, political divisions inside Iran appear to be threatening a nuclear deal with the west, even though competing Iranian factions may want it to happen. We weigh its chances and what’s liable to happen if it doesn’t go through.

Banner image: Posters raising awareness about suicide are seen at an Army Suicide Prevention Office . Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images


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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Karen Radziner