Congress points out that the Army has failed to do the after deployment testing as was mandated in a congressional order. This means the Army may be missing thousands of Tramatic Brain Injuries cases. [USA Today]
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The Pentagon has failed to comply with a congressional directive to give all troops tests before and after they serve in combat to measure their thinking abilities and uncover possible brain injuries, military records show.
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