Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) comments on the mental health of our nation’s veterans at a press conference.
Reid makes a comparison to the Vietnam War, stating that the head of the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans calls post-traumatic stress disorder the "Agent Orange" of this war. (0:32)
March 15, 2006
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