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A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm
Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community.
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Erik Benson was medically retired in 2010 for injuries he suffered in Iraq. He has been locked up since late November when the VA pressed charges after he allegedly left angry voicemails for his provider. -
KPBS Midday EditionThousands of troops who were deployed to the border in the fall have left, but the Trump Administration may call for a second deployment of thousands more. -
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The number of troops deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border has been shrinking since the high point after the midterm elections in November. -
The VA in San Diego is pressing charges against Erik Benson, who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder because he left threatening voicemail messages for his doctor.
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Carlos Jaime Torres's family recently gathered under a tree to watch him lowered to his final resting spot at the Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery in Mission. -
KPBS Midday EditionFor thousands of elderly veterans, long term care means living in a nursing home or institutional care setting. But some have found a much homier option. -
San Diego had the highest number of suicides, higher than Los Angeles County, which has more veterans. Experts struggle to say why. -
New leaders take over at San Diego City Hall, security concerns for Navy Ships on the San Diego Bay and divisive rhetoric about asylum seekers in Tijuana. -
KPBS Midday EditionTrauma from decades earlier linked to older veterans who take their own lives at a rate higher than their peers.
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