U.S. Redefines Afghan Success Before Conference May 17, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/world/asia/us-redefines-afghan-success-before-conference.html [ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/world/asia/us-redefines-afghan-success-before-conference.html?pagewanted=all ] * Cataloging Wounds of War to Help Heal Them graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/18/world/18wounds_337/18wounds_337-articleLarge.jpg While in flight in Helmand Province, Sgt. Ian J. Bugh, a medic, worked on Cpl. Brett Sayre, a Marine who was injured by an improvised explosive device. May 17, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/world/asia/catalog-of-wounded-in-afghan-war-could-be-model.html [ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/world/asia/catalog-of-wounded-in-afghan-war-could-be-model.html?pagewanted=all ] * Brain Ailments in Veterans Likened to Those in Athletes graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/17/us/BRAIN/BRAIN-popup.jpg Researchers at a Veterans Affairs center in Bedford, Mass., study brains for a degenerative ailment found only by autopsy. May 16, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/us/brain-disease-is-found-in-veterans-exposed-to-bombs.html [ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/us/brain-disease-is-found-in-veterans-exposed-to-bombs.html?pagewanted=all ] [with comments] * (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=75075675 and following