Now the suicide rate for the whole Army, which historically has been low, exceeds the rate for civilians.

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Given this environment, the American army as a whole has responded extremely well.

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Opposition to the change was much stronger in Army and Marine combat units than in the military as a whole.

CNN: Obama signs repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' policy

Wal-Mart is roughly the same size as a country like Colombia, which may be dysfunctional but it can send you to prison, it can put you in the army and it can do a whole host of things a company can't do.

CNN: The corporate psychopath exposed

"Unless this policy changes, I feel we're at risk that a whole generation of young Israelis - who went to the army, work hard, pay taxes - one day will look around and say hey, this country is going nowhere, " he told Reuters news agency in a pre-election interview.

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But beyond Stryker and a whole lot of armored trucks bought for overseas contingencies, the Army has gotten very little for all the modernization money it has spent since 9-11.

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"If we hadn't met Andrew, we wouldn't have known very much about PTSD because the Army, even the Behavioral Health Center, is not telling us a whole lot, " Natasha Talley says.

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The international community is helping the Afghan government to build a national army and police, which will, it is hoped, bring order to the whole of Afghanistan.

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