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The pediatric ward of the USNS Comfort hospital ship is treating many children for severe crush wounds. Some of the children have family as escorts aboard, but there are many who are now orphans, making their discharge off the ship all the more complicated.

Continued care hard to find for Haitian patients discharged from USNS Comfort

Bringing patients aboard has proven much easier than sending them home. Their injuries are so severe they require significant follow-up care, in some cases for up to a year. Many of the existing Haitian hospitals and clinics simply can’t provide the level of care needed.

 

Gates works to fine-tune mix of troops in Afghanistan

Rather than twisting arms for more forces, Gates' mission has become more subtle, aimed at fine-tuning the mix of allied troops and emphasizing the need for trainers to upgrade Afghanistan's security forces.

Soldier charged for using water punishment on 4-year-old daughter

A Fort Lewis soldier has been charged with assault after he allegedly held his 4-year-old daughter mostly under water because she couldn't recite the alphabet. Charging papers equated the technique to torture.

Army closes in on south Afghan town

U.S. officials have not said when the main attack on the town of some 80,000 people will take place but have nonetheless heavily publicized plans to attack, causing hundreds of people to flee the opium-producing center in advance of the fighting.

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