Part of what i do through the ministry im in is providing support groups through the chaplains channels. So ideal with this very closely on both sides. Medication is no longer being used as a tool to subdue the symptoms while we work on the deeper issues. No. What does the va do . The va specifically utilizes medication to control it and keep them, suppress the symptoms without working on the deeper issues. Thank you. Please. Brian was never put on any medication. Only for his back when he had that problem. Okay. Yes. Clay was on quite a bit of medication. As i said, he felt like a guinea pig, constantly being begin something different. Do you think they chose medications in lieu of therapy . Sure. Oneonone therapy . Yes. The only oneonone therapy that he spoke of that seemed to be effective at a certain point in l. A. He went to a vet center and had a counselor there that he really liked and felt he finally found somebody he to talk with. Okay. From Daniels Point of view, i think part
We go now to nbcs mike taibbi who is in kabul with the developing details. Mike, what can you tell us . Reporter it happened at about 10 30 local time in the kabul suburb of wardock thats just east of this city. According to a Coalition Military source, a lone gunman dressed in an afghan army uniform was in the middle of a briefing with other soldiers, both coalition and afghan soldiers, turned his weapon on them and opened fire. The source said there were casualties but could not confirm that among those casualties were any fatalities. Theyre assessing the damage from that incident. Now, wardak has become controversial in the past month because of unconfirmed reports of abuses and attacks by Coalition Special forces and Afghan Special forces working with them against civilians in that province. And because of that, afghan President Hamid karzai had ordered that those special forces withdraw. He gave a twoweek deadline. Thats now passed. The withdrawal has not happened. Wardak controve
Hillary clinton breaking her silence on the conflict. And the sports lead. If all else fails in syria, maybe this could be plan z. Send in Dennis Rodman. Americas most unofficial envoy is back from a visit to north korea with some ideas that sound just so crazy they well, lets just stop at just so crazy. Good afternoon, everyone. Im jake tapper. Well begin with the national lead. Just minutes from now president obama will sit down for a oneonone with cnn as he gets ready to appeal straight to the American People to strike syria. An hour from now, top members of the Obama Administration will brief members of the house just back today from summer recess. So far, the public appears largely unmoved. Take a look at these new cnn poll numbers that were releasing just this minute on the lead. 63 of the American People disapprove of how the president has handled syria. Only 31 approve. Thats more than 21. I want to show you two more poll numbers. Cnn released these earlier today. An overwhelmi
Syria have launched one of their most daring assaults, seizing a major city. This time saddam husseins hometown of tikrit, the city overrun just a day after insurgents took control of iraqs second biggest city, mosul. Hundreds of thousands of residents are running from their homes. Police have been laying down their arms, trying to change into civilian clothes, all in an effort to escape the worst carnage to strike iraq in nearly a decade. Cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto is outfront. Jim, this is stunning to imagine when you think about the time, the money, the lives that were spent on iraq, iraqi and american. Where do things stand tonight . It is stunning. Its alarming, particularly how quickly it has straighted. These are major cities. Mosul first, tikrit, saddam husseins hometown. And theyre getting closer to the capitol baghdad. And one of the big disappointments for u. S. Officials, iraqi officials is that the Iraqi Security forces that the u. S. Has been t
Appears to be unconscious, and moments later, rice drags her body out of the elevator. This afternoon, the ravens tweeted they terminated ray rices contract. Moments later, a spokesman for the nfl tweeted, Roger Goodell has announced that based on new Video Evidence that became available today, he has indefinitely suspended ray rice. Back in july, this video was released from a camera outside of the elevator. Janay palmer did not press charges. And rice was given just a twoday or twogame suspension from the nfl. But today, the emergence of this new video is setting off a fire storm of controversy and questions. What should the policy be . And what did the nfl know about this video . Today, before suspending rice indefinitely, the nfl released a statement saying, quote, that video was not made available to us, and no one in our office has seen it until today. But that statement directly contradicts what some Sports Reporters wrote this summer. So all kinds of questions tonight. And this