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When Warriors Return: America and its Veterans
![With Honor: Can Veterans Help Bridge Our Political Divides?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/a0f45597-b6ca-47f9-ab7a-3a78d73a4bb4/43022841142_88f02e8587_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=600&q=80&rect=1896%2C0%2C2990%2C4480&w=400)
America is at a critical and potentially existential moment. Tribal polarization is at an all-time high. Yet veteran representation in Congress is at an all-time low. Veterans...
![Keeping Veterans Healthy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null7a34ddcb-d872-4a54-a57c-da60626b0e5c/42269597274_4e08af349b_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1992%2C1121&w=400)
The Veterans Health Administration, which serves nine million vets, has come under fire for long delays in providing services and reimbursing clinicians, and fixes are clearly...
![With Honor and the Politics of Tribalism](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/fecc56a6-a55b-4ef7-9773-dd333ee2fb9f/AmericanFlag.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=400&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C800%2C800&w=400)
![Focus on the Breath: Healing the Trauma of Veterans](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/5360e615-eee8-4f02-b57e-f32b65bab28f/27886771956_84fb53d5f4_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C114%2C7360%2C4135&w=400)
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) haunts some 300,000 veterans who have returned from Afghanistan or Iraq. Drugs and psychotherapy provide only partial relief. Increasingl...
![Serving Our Veterans](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/1193dab0-f7b3-47c5-8b68-daaa5248b7d4/19202448862_17e8aa0637_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=600&q=80&rect=343%2C571%2C2891%2C4341&w=400)
Thanks to improved battlefield trauma care, many of the men and women who are fighting 21st-century wars survive grievous injuries that leave them forever scarred. Post-trauma...
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"Redeployment" takes readers to the front lines of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
![Arts, Veterans, and Health Care](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/73eb5d08-62dd-4e37-bff4-962ab945ed89/9173941967_89eff362e5_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C7360%2C4135&w=400)
How can the arts enable healing? In healthcare facilities and veterans’ hospitals, the arts are doing crucial work today. Learn and experience how the arts rehabilitate both p...
![The Uncertain Return: How Is the 21st Century Veteran Doing?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/1a0eccaa-1407-4bd9-ad10-8f58aba2403c/7476891522_8e1739e3d2_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C64%2C1024%2C576&w=400)