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To have a strong secure and peaceful Afghanistan with vibrant economy is the historic task that we have undertaken in the court of God , history and our people . The flip side of this is that standing up for freedom today is about raising our sights with respect to what we think people are capable of and the kind of society that we want to live in - - a society of robust individuals , people who can decide for themselves , exercise their own rights and so on . Today , I plan to discuss : 1 ) the mental healthcare services utilized to date by OIF / OEF veterans ; 2 ) VA ’ s outreach to OIF / OEF veterans to inform and educate them about the mental healthcare services available to them ; 3 ) portals of entry , screening for mental health conditions , and the referral patterns within VA ; 4 ) mental healthcare programs that are already there to support those reaching out for help ; 5 ) challenges that we face in terms of data sharing so that we might identify potential candidates for mental healthcare services ; 6 ) VA ’ s planning for future mental health services ; and 7 ) lessons we have learned to help us be better prepared for the future mental healthcare needs of all veterans , including the OIF / OEF population . But each one of those red bars represents a feature that was a new evolutionary feature that we reasoned was a new evolutionary feature because it suddenly is something that now all the animals above it share and the animals below it do not share . I propose that we take time during the autumn quarter to dissect , debate , and improve upon the current draft plan with the expectation that we will have done our best by the end of the quarter .