Homeless veterans

By Essential Pittsburgh | Essential Public Radio | June 26, 2012

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Major Brian Hampton, President of the Circle of Friends for American Veterans, is demanding that the government do more to help an estimated 150,000 homeless veterans. “They come back, try to get into society and they experience a lot of psychological challenges, financial challenges, physical challenges, and as a result we have about 150,000 who have served in American uniform and are on our streets tonight,” Hampton said. He joins us to discuss the issue.

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This article is part of Coming Home PA, a project about veterans’ return to civilian life spearheaded by PublicSource and reported in cooperation with its local media partners, who include WESA (90.5), The Allegheny Front, The New Pittsburgh Courier, The Pittsburgh City Paper, Pop City and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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