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THIS WEEK'S GUEST HOSE, AMY GOODMAN. THIS
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WEEK, THE BOOK, THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF WAR, EXPLORING THE BATTLE U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL MUST FIGHT ONCE THEY RETURN HOME FROM COMBAT. SHE DISCUSSES...
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INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF WAR, COMING HOME FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
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WHAT A TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS. WHAT RELEVANT TIME. IN JULY, THE HIGHEST RATE
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OF SUICIDES THAT THE MILITARY HAS EVER SEEN, 38 SOLDIERS, TOOK THEIR OWN LIVES. MORE CASUALTIES THAN IN THE BATTLEFIELDS. MORE THAN ONE A DAY. THIS...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
TALKING ABOUT VETERANS RIGHT NOW. >> Guest: I WILL TELL YOU WHY, BECAUSE THIS IS A VOLUNTEER ARMY. THIS WAS STRETCHED SO THIN. THEY ARE CALLING UPON...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
IDEA, AND THEY MAY BE IN A CROWD WHEN PEOPLE ARE STANDING TOGETHER TALKING, AND OKAY THEY ARE SPEAKING IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE AND THEY SAY ONE THING AND...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
YOU TALK ABOUT NOAA IN THE STORY AND WHY YOU GOT SO INVOLVED WITH THIS CASE. >> Guest: I'M A WRITER AND I SOMETIMES WRITE SHORT STORIES AS WELL AS POEMS...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
STORY IN A MAGAZINE AND I SEE A COUPLE OF POEMS BY A SOLDIER WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE AND IT JUST BLEW ME AWAY, A SOLDIER IS COMMITTING SUICIDE? I THOUGHT...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
ONE OF MY
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
PASSIONS IS, AND IN MANY WAYS THIS IS A HUMAN RIGHTS BOOK SO I STARTED WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESEARCH IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND ALSO ON VETERANS...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
AND TV AND. >> Host: YOU TALK ABOUT THE STORY OF JEFF AND HIS PARENTS KEVIN AND JOYCE IN WESTERN
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
MASSACHUSETTS. I REMEMBER MEETING THEM, TWO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS AGO IN BOSTON. THAT IS WHEN THEY FIRST, RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT THEY FIRST BROUGHT...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
READJUST. THEY MISS THEIR BUDDIES. THEY COME HOME NUMB BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE WORKING CONSTANTLY IN COMBAT OR GO YOU CAN NEVER ALLOW YOURSELF ANY TIME...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
SLEEPING PILLS. >> Host: IN JEFF'S CASE, THEY DESPERATELY TRIED TO GET HIM HELP. THEY DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AT THE...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
HIS GRANDFATHER TOOK THEM TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY TRIED TO GET THEM COMMITTED. ULTIMATELY, IT WAS HIS FATHER COMING HOME FROM WORK ONE DAY WHO FINDS JEFF...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
TO ANOTHER VETERAN OR TO BE IN A GROUP OF VETERANS. ONE THAT I TALKED TO SAID, WHEN I NEED A VETERAN -- MEET A VETERAN IT'S INSTANT FRIENDSHIP. I CAN'T...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
MILITARY, JULY BEING THE WORST MONTH, YOU ALSO HAVE THE ISSUE OF RAPES IN THE MILITARY. I TELL THE STORY OF SUZANNE TWIST AND HER MOTHER, SARAH RICH....
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
OF THESE FOLKS ARE PART OF MILITARY FAMILIES ANYWAY AND TREATED HER WELL AND PROMISING HER SHE WON'T GET DEPLOYED SORT HER MOTHER WAS PROUD OF HER AND...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
BEING RAPED BY HIM? >> Guest: . >> Host: . >> Guest: IN ADDITION TO THE RATE THERE IS A HARASSMENT TO KEEP
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SILENT. THEY SET UP
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AN ORGANIZATION, NOT FOR SUZANNE, BUT SHE WAS AFRAID
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
TO GO BACK WHEN SHE CAME HOME. SHE WAS PACKED TO GO BACK AND SHE JUST COULDN'T FACE IT. SHE SAID IT'S HOW COME I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS. SUES DAN...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
SUZANNE WHO WAS RAPED IN THE MILITARY OR LUCY AND THEIR SON JEFF. YOU TALK ABOUT THESE REMARKABLE PARENTS WHO STAND UP FOR THEIR CHILDREN. >> Guest:...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
WIVES. THEY FORGET ABOUT THE CHILDREN. THEY FORGET OUT THE MOTHERS AND FATHERS. AND ONE FATHER INTERVIEWED, TIM TAYLOR, HE SAID I'M HAVING SECONDARY...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
RINGS AND THEY ARE TELLING ME MY SON DIED? AND A CHILD GOES TO SCHOOL. SHE IS THE ONLY MILITARY CHILD IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL SAYING OH, MY DADDY IS IN THE...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
THE RESOLUTE -- REVOLUTIONIZING MOTHERHOOD AND THE MOTHERS IN ARGENTINA. DO YOU SEE SIMILARITIES? EXPLAINED TO THOSE MOTHERS ARE. >> Guest: I DO SEE...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
THERE WERE 365 CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND THEY WERE QUOTE DISAPPEARING PEOPLE. THEY DID IT ON PURPOSE SO THEY COULD SAY EVERYONE IS FINE, THERE IS NOTHING...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
DANIEL PETARD, AID COMMANDER. IN MAY HE WROTE ON HIS LOG, QUOTE I'M PERSONALLY FED UP WITH WITH SOLDIERS WHO ARE CHOOSING TO TAKE THEIR OLD LIVES SO...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
I JUST CAN'T DO IT. I NEED THREE DAYS OFF. I JUST CAN'T DO IT. HIS COMMANDER SAID, YOU GO RIGHT BACK IN THERE AND YOU GET TO WORK AND HE SHOT HIMSELF....
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
ABOUT MILITARY FAMILIES SPEAKING OUT. >> Guest: I DID WRITE A BOOK ABOUT WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS AND THERE IS A GROUP THAT I MET THAT I JUST THOUGHT WAS
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
WONDERFUL. THEY WERE CALLED THE MOTHERS OF LOS ANGELES, AND THEY LIVED YOU KNOW, IN A VERY BAD NEIGHBORHOOD, VERY DANGEROUS. SO THIS IS HOW THEY STARTED....
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
WOMEN. >> Host: POPULATIONS MAY HAVE PREJUDICES AGAINST OTHER GROUPS OF PEOPLE
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
AND IMMIGRANTS HAVE A HARD TIME IN THIS COUNTRY. >>
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
Guest: I'M AN IMMIGRANT. EVERYONE IS AN IMMIGRANT. >> Host: WHERE DID YOU COME FROM? >> Guest: I CAME FROM NORTHERN ITALY. >> Host:
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
WHEN YOU COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND YOU HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE DEALING
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
WITH THE LATINA WOMEN
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
OF LOS ANGELES, YOUR THOUGHTS? >> Guest: MY THOUGHTS ARE
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
THIS IS A BIG COUNTRY AND THERE IS ROOM FOR EVERYBODY. I ALSO THINK ON A VERY PERSONAL LEVEL,
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
THAT WE ARE ON THIS EARTH TO CELEBRATE DIVERSITY, NOT TO HATE EACH OTHER BUT TO RESPECT EACH OTHER. >> Host: YOU FEATURE AND THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF FOUR,...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
IS. >> Guest: BRIAN TURNER, HE COMES FROM A MILITARY FAMILY AND AS IN ALL FAMILIES WHETHER A POLICE FAMILY OR A FIREMAN
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
OR A PROFESSOR, YOU HAVE DECIDED TO JOIN THE ARMY AND HE WAS MAJORING IN LITERATURE IN COLLEGE, AND THINKING ABOUT WRITING. HE WENT TO IRAQ AND HE...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
HAVE INTERSPERSED A "THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF WAR" WITH HIS POETRY. >> Guest: I HAVE. I HAVE A POEM. THIS ONE IS ABOUT
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
SEXUAL ABUSE. DO YOU WANT THAT ONE? >> Host: SURE. >> Guest: IT IS CALLED -- ONE AND IN THREE FEMALES WILL EXPERIENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
WHILE SERVING IN THE
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
MILITARY. SHE HIDES UNDER A -- THIS TIME, SLEEPING ON A ROLL OF FOAM, DRAPED AT MOSQUITO NETTING, FLIES HOVER THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. SHE SLEEPS UNDER...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
AND WHAT MAKES IT
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
SO IMPORTANT IN THE MILITARY WORLD IS BECAUSE HE SERVED IN THE MILITARY. AND READING THESE POEMS, AND THE REST OF THEM ARE ABOUT WAR AND ONE IS ABOUT...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
SUFFER HERE, BUT WHOLE POPULATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WHO ARE SUFFERING POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. >> Guest: TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE. I HAD FOR...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
YOUNG IRAQI -- MY NIECE WAS OUTRAGED AT WHAT HAPPENED AND SHE WENT TO JORDAN TO HELP THE LIBRARIANS IN THE MUSEUM. BROUGHT OVER TO YOUNG IRAQIS TO GET...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
SOLDIERS PRODUCT -- THE SOLDIERS PROJECT. EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS. >> Guest: SHE IS AN AMAZING WOMAN. SHE IS IN HER 70'S. SHE WENT TO SEE A PLAY WRITTEN...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
SOLDIER ABOUT COMBAT, AND SHE WAS STRUCK. SHE WAS THINKING, I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE ASKED HER, IS YOUR SON A SOLDIER?...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY GIVE FREE COUNSELING TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY AND YOU KNOW THE OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS NEED COUNSELING. SHE HAS CONFERENCES AND...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
BOOK? >> Guest: THEN THERE IS DR. BARBARA BANDOW WHO WAS GIVING FREE PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING. SHE WENT EVEN FURTHER. I DON'T NIOSH HE DOES
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
IT. SHE ONLY HAS A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE HELPING HER AND HALF OF THEM ARE VETERANS. SO SHE IS INTO MORE THAN PSYCHOLOGY. SHE SAID WE NEED TO FIND THESE...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
WOUNDED WARRIORS? >> Guest: A VERY LOW GRADE. THEY DO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE CORRECT THAT I DIDN'T PUT IN THE BOOK AND ONE OF THEM IS THE WAIT...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
GET HELP. THERE IS A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND THEY GET TIRED AND THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY ON THIS AND THAT. YOU HAVE TO WAIT TOO LONG TO GET HELP. IF YOU...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
ENORMOUSLY. I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE MILITARY AND
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
I WAS AN ANTIWAR ACTIVIST WHEN I WAS YOUNG. NOW I THINK NO, IT'S NOT THAT. IT'S THE SOLDIERS THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT. AND SO, I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
READ IT. I DID GET A REVIEW OF THE BOOK FROM A WOMAN WHO
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
WAS OUTRAGED. SHE WASN'T FROM A MILITARY FAMILY AND SHE SAID THIS IS MORALLY WRONG. IF MORE THAN ONE PERSON SAYS THIS IS MORALLY WRONG WHO IS NOT IN...
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Goodman, Amy - Host and Executive Producer
AND NEW BOOK OF POEMS WHICH IS FULL OF POLITICS HAS ALWAYS
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
AND I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE ABOUT THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR. I AM EDITING A BOOK WHICH I INCLUDE A CHAPTER ABOUT MOTHERS OF ADULT CHILDREN...
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Bouvard, Marguerite Guzmán - Author
IT. >> THAT WAS AFTER WORDS BookTV'S SIGNATURE PROGRAM IN WHICH AUTHORS OF THE LATEST NONFICTION BOOKS ARE INTERVIEWED BY JOURNALISTS, PUBLIC POLICY...
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