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juries or illness stemming from sexual abuse in the military, and 4,000 sought disability benefits, underscoring the staggering long-term impact of a crisis that has roiled the Pentagon and been condemned by President Barack Obama as "''shameful and disgraceful."
• A Department of Veterans Affairs accounting released in response to inquiries from The Associated Press shows a heavy financial and emotional cost involving vets from Iraq, Afghanistan and even back to Vietnam, and lasting long after a victim leaves the service.
• Sexual assault or repeated sexual harassment can trigger a variety of health problems, primarily post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. While women are more likely to be victims, men made up nearly 40 percent of the patients the VA treated last year for conditions connected to what it calls "military sexual trauma."
• It took years for Ruth Moore of Milbridge, Maine, to begin getting treatment from a VA counseling center in 2003 -- 16 years after she was raped twice while she was stationed in Europe with the Navy. She continues to get counseling at least monthly for PTSD linked to the attacks and is also considered fully disabled.
• "We can't cure me, but we can work on stability in my life and work on issues as they arrive," Moore said.
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Officer's split-second choice ended with Hofstra student, suspect dead after home-invasion
• NEW YORK (AP) -- Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.
• John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor Michele Galietta says the death of Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello illustrates the difficulty officers face when responding to calls involving armed gunmen.
• Nassau County police say the gunman pointed his weapon at the officer, prompting him to open fire.
• Investigators say Rebello was being held in a headlock by a masked intruder when she was hit by one of eight shots fired by a responding officer. Suspect Dalton Smith was also killed.
• The officer involved is on sick leave while authorities investigate.
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