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Teague Amendment Seeks to Create Military Mental Health Screening Pilot Program

By Evan Woodward

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Las Cruces, NM – The United States House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act yesterday. As KRWG's Evan Woodward reports, New Mexico's 2nd District Congressman Harry Teague sponsored an amendment in the bill which will create a post-deployment mental health screening pilot-program for returning combat veterans.