This week, Mothers at War's own Laura Browder shared her opinion on women's role in the military while on Patt Morrison's call-in radio show on KPCC Los Angeles. The show featured opinions on comments made by Republican Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum concerning women in the military. Santorum's statments came in response to the Pentagon's new guidelines that would allow women to serve at the batallion level in positions such as ...

About one in five women and one in one hundred men have reported to their Veterans Affairs health care provider that they’ve experienced military sexual trauma (MST). It is a problem that has grown more as more women have joined the military. The Department of Defense has developed strategies to curb sexual trauma, and VA hospitals across the nation have implemented programs for outreach, staff training, screening and treatment. VA has special services available ...

The last U.S. troops have left Iraq. Mr. Obama marked the end of the Iraq war earlier in the week, meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in advance of the last American troops leaving Iraq by Dec. 31. U.S. officials were unable to reach an agreement with the Iraqis on legal issues and troop immunity that would have allowed a small training and counterterrorism force to remain. A considerable diplomatic presence will ...