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Medical Role In Interrogations Curtailed By Pentagon

On tuesday the Pentagon placed new restrictions on a doctors’ role in interrogating detainees, but critics were against any policy //that gives medical professionals a role, claiming that it can lead interrogaters’ to use harsher tactics than they would in the absense of medical advice. ....Medical professionals were used by the military in interrogations and this has drawn a lot of flak...

Anthrax Vaccine to be Made Mandatory for Troops-Pentagon

The anthrax vaccine, used to combat bio-warfare, is to be restarted with a mandatory immunisation program for troops in Afghanistan, Iraq and South Korea, declared// the Pentagon on Monday. However it is not planning to do the same for troops serving in other places including the US. ....The assistant secretary of defense for health services, Dr. William Winkenwerder, says that this is because th...

War Veterans Lack Adequate Mental Health Care: Pentagon Report

Military mental health services lack personnel and money to properly treat a growing number of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, said a Pentagon report out Friday . ......"The military system does not have enough resources, funding or personnel to adequately support the psychological health of service members and their families in peace and during conflict," concluded a year-long Pen...