Shameful system-wide problems with the treatment of our soldiers who return from combat with serious issues brought on by war. "The daily average of 22 suicides by veterans, found in a VA study in February, was 20 percent higher than a 2007 department estimate. Suicides among active-duty troops reached 349 last year, the most since the Pentagon began closely tracking the number in 2001." washingtonpost/politics/after-veteran-daniel-somerss-suicide-his-family-has-a-new-mission-improve-va-services/2013/08/23/ae67b2c2-0526-11e3-9259-e2aafe5a5f84_story.html
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