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...addition to the challenge to his academic credentials, Wakim has also been accused of misrepresenting his military record. His website states that he is a “Gulf War veteran...
Since Wakim did not see combat, Joe Davis, the spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, told The Hill that Wakim is more accurately described as a “Gulf War-era veteran...
Wakim responded that “during the Persian Gulf War, I served as an active duty infantry officer and, according to the law, that makes me a veteran of the Persian Gulf...
...Nearly one year after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, killing more than 1,300 and displacing thousands more, frustration over the slow pace of recovery is taking a toll on the region's overall mental health. Initially, complaints reflected what some locals have dubbed "Katrina Brain": general fatigue brought on by the disruption of their lives, difficulty concentrating, mood swings, and mild depression. In most cases, it was nothing that reached critical levels. But since the first of the year, Barbee says, "there's been a steady increase in depression, specifically major depression." Worse, he adds, there...
...government, including an amendment to the 1974 Stafford Act that would provide long-term mental health assistance, rather than current rules that only allow funding for services in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provided 1,200 volunteer counselors for the Gulf Coast until June 30, when funding for its Katrina response program ended. Local doctors would like to see that help continued as well as more help rebuilding the area's teaching hospitals and physician training programs...