Number of Disabled Veterans Rising

hosted.ap.org — Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and mind — even as the total population of America's vets shrinks. Despite the decline in total vets — as soldiers from World War II and Korea die — the government expects to be spending $59 billion a year to compensate injured warriors in 25 years, up from today's $29 billion, and the Veterans Affairs Department concedes the bill could be much higher.

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