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DAILY REPORT: PTSD Book, DADT Exhibit, In Their Boots, Navy's Mesothelioma Epidemic, AK-47's, Deployment Slump

New book examines how PTSD turned veterans violent - The Atlantic magazine has an excellent review/essay about the new book Lethal Warriors, about how PTSD can make soldiers self-destruct and turn violent. Portraits without faces - The 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' exhibit, two years in the making, conveys the stories of gay and bisexual men and women who serve in the U.S. military. 'In Their Boots' series lets veterans call the shots - Army and Marine veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars direct their own films. For US Navy veterans with mesothelioma - US Navy Veterans account for one third of all new US mesothelioma cases each year. Truck dealer gives away free AK-47 assault rifle with every purchase - At Nations Trucks in Sanford, Fl., the deal is simple: "Buy a truck, get a free AK-47." Deployment food slump - After hitting the mid-deployment mark, things seem to have gone rapidly downhill in the food department. We eat out....a LOT.

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