Quil Lawrence appears in the following:
Suicide Hotline Fights To Keep Vets And Troops Alive
Friday, December 28, 2012
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...
For Veterans, The Wait For Disability Claims Grows Longer
Thursday, December 27, 2012
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...
Veterans Deploy To Northeast After Superstorm Sandy
Sunday, November 11, 2012
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...
Vet Walks On New Legs, With A Little Help From Mom
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
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...
Vets Seek Specifics On How Candidates Would Help
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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, ...
A Year After War Wound, Vet Wins Paralympic Gold
Friday, September 07, 2012
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.
A New Generation Of Vets Faces Challenges At Home
Friday, August 03, 2012
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...
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.
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...
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 ...
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 ...
