Care of Iraq and Afghanistan Wounded Just Beginning

U.S. Just Beginning to Deal With War Wounds, Chairman Tells Defense Forum The United States is just beginning to deal with the long-term implications of caring for servicemembers and their families whose lives have been changed by the wounds of war, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told those gathered for a forum on dealing with war injuries that the challenges of providing that care for troops and their families is just now beginning to be understood by the military’s top leaders. DefenseLink