Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) on Saturday at a forum on Long Island, N.Y., called for the passage of a bill (S 3517) that would require the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to expand programs to help military personnel who return from deployment with service-related physical and mental health problems, the New York Times reports. The legislation, sponsored by Rodham Clinton, also would provide additional help for reservists. She said, "If you send someone into harm's way, they need health insurance, and their family needs health insurance," adding, "We're still not where we need to be to make sure that everybody who returns has access in a timely manner to quality health care." Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) also attended the forum (Confessore/Schweber, New York Times, 7/23).

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