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Off The Battlefield, Military Women Face Risks From Male Troops

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

By Quil Lawrence : BBC / Marisa Peñaloza

Dora Hernandez gave a decade of her life to the U.S. Navy and the Army National Guard, but some of the dangers surprised her.

"The worst thing for me is that you don't have to worry about the enemy, you have to worry about your own soldiers," she says.

Sitting ...

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U.S. Families Forced To Adjust To Women Going Off To War

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

By Quil Lawrence : BBC

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ProFile: 'Their Stories Can Help Bridge The Gap Between Veterans And Civilians.'

Monday, March 18, 2013

By Quil Lawrence : BBC

After years covering the Middle East and reporting on wars and violence in the region, award-winning NPR Corespondent Quil Lawrence turns to the millions of Americans transitioning to life back at home after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here, he shares some insight into what it takes to ...

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Women In Combat, And The Price They Pay

Monday, March 18, 2013

By Quil Lawrence : BBC / Marisa Peñaloza

America has been debating the role of women in combat since 1779.

That's when the Continental Congress first awarded a military disability pension to Mary Corbin after she manned a cannon in the Revolutionary War at the battle of Fort Washington in New York. Corbin got only half the pension ...

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Female Soldiers Face Tough Switch From Front Lines To Homefront

Sunday, March 17, 2013

By Quil Lawrence : BBC / Marisa Peñaloza

In a series of reports this week, NPR's Quil Lawrence looks at some of the most pressing challenges facing America's nearly 2 million female veterans. Like men, they often need assistance in finding jobs, dealing with PTSD and reintegrating into their families. And all too often, women say their military ...

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Suicide Hotline Fights To Keep Vets And Troops Alive

Friday, December 28, 2012

By Quil Lawrence : BBC

For the first time in a decade of war, more active-duty troops took their own lives this year than died fighting in Afghanistan. The national suicide hotline is one way the Department...

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For Veterans, The Wait For Disability Claims Grows Longer

Thursday, December 27, 2012

By Quil Lawrence : BBC

The Department of Veterans Affairs wanted to reduce a backlog in veterans' claims for disability benefits. Instead, the problem has worsened this year, in part, the VA says, because t...

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Veterans Deploy To Northeast After Superstorm Sandy

Sunday, November 11, 2012

By Quil Lawrence : BBC

The military veterans who have been cleaning up and rebuilding in New York and New Jersey say that volunteering helps them as much as it supports the local residents. They say getting...

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Vet Walks On New Legs, With A Little Help From Mom

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

By Quil Lawrence : BBC

On a foot patrol in Kandahar, Nick Staback lost both of his legs after he stepped on a homemade bomb. Over the next year, his mother, Maria, became a tough coach as he learned to walk...

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Vets Seek Specifics On How Candidates Would Help

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

By Quil Lawrence : BBC

Military veterans across the country have a whole range of concerns this election season, from the high rate of suicide to special challenges for female vets. But like everyone else, ...

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A Year After War Wound, Vet Wins Paralympic Gold

Friday, September 07, 2012

By Quil Lawrence : BBC

Navy Lt. Brad Snyder lost his sight to an explosion in Afghanistan exactly one year ago. On the anniversary Friday, he won the 400-meter freestyle at the Paralympics in London, capturing his second gold medal.

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A New Generation Of Vets Faces Challenges At Home

Friday, August 03, 2012

By Quil Lawrence : BBC

The Veterans Administration recently announced a $100 million program to fight homelessness among America's war veterans. The issue isn't new. For a generation, shelters have seen man...

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Update: Shaping Iraq's Future

Thursday, May 06, 2010

NPR’s Baghdad Bureau Chief Quil Lawrence discusses Iraq, the disputed election there, and what lies ahead as the U.S. military prepares to start drawing down troops over the course of the summer.

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iraq

Monday, October 27, 2008

By this week, the U.S. military in Iraq should have largely transferred responsibility for paying members of "the Sons of Iraq," Sunni Arab groups fighting al-Qaida to the Iraqi gover...

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The Kurdish Quest for Statehood

Monday, June 16, 2008

There are 25 million Kurds throughout the world; they’re the world’s largest ethnic group without a nation. Quil Lawrence writes about the long Kurdish struggle for statehood and its place in Middle Eastern politics in Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle ...

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The Kurdish Quest for Statehood

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

There are 25 million Kurds throughout the world; they’re the world’s largest ethnic group without a nation. Quil Lawrence writes about the long Kurdish struggle for statehood and its place in Middle Eastern politics in Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle ...

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