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Returning Vets Deserve More of our Help, Compassion and Attention
This story is tragically all to real in our community, where a young veteran
from Woodland took his own life after struggling with his return home.
As I mentioned at my campaign announcement, returning veterans deserve more of our help, compassion and attention (you can see it in my announcement video)
As the social services system struggles to deal with its current case load, we
must do more to prepare for returning Iraqi War veterans.
U.S. Army suicides hit highest rate since Gulf War
Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:43AM EDT
By Kristin Roberts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of suicides in the U.S. Army rose last
year to the highest level since the Gulf War, with almost a third in war
zones, according to data released by the military on Thursday.
The Army reported 99 confirmed suicides in 2006, up from 87 in 2005. The
Army also listed two additional deaths last year as suspected suicides that
have not yet been confirmed by the military's medical examiner.
Link to full article: (www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1641660320070817)
