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President Barack Obama says he supports a congressional panel's recommendation to create a veterans' health care system that coordinates government and private care. The recommendation is among a total of 18 issued in July by the Commission on Care. Congress created the panel following a scandal over long wait times for veterans who sought care through the Department of Veterans Affairs. (9/1)

The Freedom Hills Therapeutic Riding Program is one of 50 equine healing programs in Maryland that work with patients with diagnoses ranging from Down syndrome to multiple sclerosis to Alzheimer's disease. Ten of these programs in Maryland — including Freedom Hills — have groups designated specifically for members of the military, according to Ross Peddicord, executive director of the Maryland Horse Industry Board. (McCauley, 9/2)