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Brain Wars: Jose Barco
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Despite brain trauma, he pestered his doctors to declare him fit for duty
FRONTLINE explores and illuminates the critical issues of our times - from business and health to social issues, politics and war.
Video description: FRONTLINE spent months following three young girls who are growing up against the backdrop of their families' struggles against financial ruin. At a time when one in five American kids lives below the poverty line, "Poor Kids" is an is an intimate portrait of the economic crisis as it's rarely seen, through the eyes of children.
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