Veterans Affairs Secretary Says Troops Are Returning Home With 'Invisible Wounds'

“Invisible wounds are as debilitating as the physical trauma sustained on those battlefields," said Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki during a mental health summit in Washington, D.C. "Warriors suffer emotional injuries just as they do physical ones.” (0:19)

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Gates Warns Against Crossing Soldiers' Mental Boundaries

Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Veterans says that Afghanistan is the longest war the U.S. has fought with an all-volunteer army. He states that U.S. troops have shown remarkable resilience, but notes that nobody knows the extent of their limits of the consequence of crossing them. (0:31)
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