Essential Pittsburgh presents this special live broadcast of their public forum recorded Wednesday night focusing on the issues veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq face when returning home. Their panelists, Sean Parnell, U.S. Army Ranger and author of Outlaw Platoon, John Bittner, from Veterans’ Employment at PA Career Link and Linda Klootwyk, from Health Services at Veterans’ Affairs offer suggestions for dealing with the challenges.

Listen to this panel on the Essential Public Radio site.

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