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Iraq War Veteran on a Mental-Health Mission

by: Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t | Report

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Chuck Luther, who served 12 years in the military, is a veteran of two deployments to Iraq, where he was a reconnaissance scout in the 1st Cavalry Division. The former sergeant was based at Fort Hood, Texas, where he lives today. "I see the ugly," Luther told Truthout. "I see soldiers beating their wives and trying to kill themselves all the time, and most folks don't want to look at this, including the military." »

Senator Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska).

Conservative Democrat Nelson Will Vote to Let Health Bill Proceed

by: David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers

Washington - Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three moderate Democratic senators wavering on whether to allow debate on health care legislation to proceed, said Friday that he'd vote to move the bill forward.

Nelson's decision inches the Democrats closer to the 60 votes they need to authorize the bill to proceed to full Senate floor debate. Democrats control 60 seats, and are thought now to have 58 committed votes.

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America's House of Lords Debates Health Care

by: Steven Hill, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

The health care debate has been like a tennis match, bouncing from the Senate to the House and back again. Now it's back in the Senate, as the United States tries to end its status as the only advanced economy without universal health care for its people. One hundred senators from 50 states will decide what lives and what dies, health-care wise.

With so much at stake, it makes sense to ask: who are these 100 senators? Might that give us a clue as to what to expect from America's upper chamber?

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