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DAILY REPORT: Improving Female Troops' Health Care, Denial of Purple Hearts, Pendleton Resident Lost, VFW Nixes Endorsements, Israel's Struggle for Peace

Improving health care for female service members - The female force has increased from nearly 66,000 to more than 203,000. Today, women serve as pilots, military police, medics and combat engineers, deploying into combat zones where the front lines are no longer clearly defined. Concern over possible denial of Purple Hearts - Many commanders don't believe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an actual injury and soldiers say 'fine print' in applications and poor record-keeping are denying awards to deserving troops, according to the reports. How do I get from Camp Pendleton to San Diego? - I'm stationed at Camp Pendleton. Next weekend I want to get from here to the San Diego. How can I accomplish this? VFW calls on its own PAC to stop endorsements - Endorsements from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee have so enraged many VFW members that its elected leaders have asked the PAC to immediately rescind all endorsements for next month's election. Israel's struggle for peace and legitimacy - Middle East expert Barry Rubin speaks tonight from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Sherwood Auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla on Americans need to understand why it is so important for Israel, the Palestinians and the U.S. that peace is finally achieved.

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