New Mental Health Guidelines for Troops

Nov. 29, 2006: Lisa Chedekel and Matthew Kauffman of The Hartford Courant reported that the U.S. military has issued sweeping new mental-health guidelines that expand screening for troops being sent to war and set limits on when service members with psychiatric problems can be kept in combat. From "Extra! Extra! Your Guide to the Latest Investigative Work" at Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc. http://www.ire.org/ Yesterday was Samuel Clemens' birthday once a "Connecticut Yankee" and a writer known as Mark Twain.