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Richard Blumenthal: If the same numbers are dying, if the rate of suicide is 1 in 17, 1 in 20, 1 in 21; I don't even know the most current…

On the recordSeptember 19, 2023
If the same numbers are dying, if the rate of suicide is 1 in 17, 1 in 20, 1 in 21; I don't even know the most current figure, how it depends on the numbers of veterans, not the numbers of suicides, but the numbers of suicides are basically unchanged. How could you tell us that we have made progress?
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal questions the claim of progress in reducing veteran suicides given unchanged rates.

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