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AP: Military sex abuse has long-term impact for veterans

Fox News interviews Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member and Former Navy Lieutenant Paula Coughlin-Puopolo:

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,” Ms. Moore said.

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