What can be learned from the tragedy at Ft. Hood?
Ft. Hood transformed into THE Hood
Apparently after hearing dozens, if not hundreds, of horror stories from soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan went on a violent rampage at Ft. Hood in Texas, killing 13 people. Even though he had not served on the front lines himself, associates close to Hasan believed he suffered from a kind of vicarious post-traumatic stress disorder—and was particularly unnerved by the news that he was about to be deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. Is there anything to be learned by the horrible tragedy at Ft. Hood about the broader state of mental health in the armed services?
Guests:
Patrick Campbell, Chief Legislative Counsel for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
- Patt Morrison for November 6, 2009
- What can be learned from the tragedy at Ft. Hood?
- Give us your deed, we’ll give you a lease
- Helen Gahagan Douglas—The Pink Lady
- Looking at the fall of the Berlin Wall
- Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me…brings the frivolity to KPCC
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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