02/09/2016
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"I think we all agree that veteran suicides are a major problem. We need to do everything we can to prevent them."
"the worst-case scenario that we are talking about is we have made some veterans happy with service dogs as companions."
"I have had multiple veterans come up to me and tell me that they would have probably committed suicide but for being paired with a service dog."
"Veterans cannot wait until 2018 for the VA to introduce the low-cost, low-risk, and high-reward treatment option."