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Mike Michaud: “To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan.”

On the recordDecember 1, 2011
To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan.
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Mike Michaud
Democratic · Maine

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Michaud references Lincoln's quote to emphasize support for veterans and their families.

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Jun 22, 2016

This has strong support from key veterans groups, like the VFW and The American Legion.

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We see a decline in opioid use. We see a decline in suicide. And I think that is obviously good for the veteran.

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Jun 14, 2016

If you look at the chart comparing women veterans to female non-veterans, you can see in that chart that actually the female veterans' number is lower than the female non-veterans.

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Jun 22, 2016

So we have a situation in our country where 22 veterans commit suicide everyday.

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