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Senators Ask Obama to Review Personality-Disorder Discharges
WASHINGTON — In the Senate, Barack Obama fought for better mental-health care for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Now that he’s president, some of his former colleagues want him to pick up the gauntlet once more and make sure troops are getting the benefits they deserve.
“In 2007, we were partners in the fight against the military’s misuse of personality disorder discharges,” four senators — Democrat Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Republicans Charles Grassley of Iowa, Kit Bond of Missouri and Sam Brownback of Kansas — wrote in a letter this week asking Obama for a report to Congress on the current use of the discharges. “Today we urge you to renew your commitment to address this critical issue facing thousands of returning service members.”
Because the military views personality disorders as a pre-existing condition, many service members returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems have been unable to receive health benefits. There have been questions, however, about how scrupulous the military has been in making sure that the personality disorder discharges were proper.
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