Each of the military services and the Department of Defense has adopted strategies to reduce suicide within our troops, so I would like to hear from our witnesses whether those strategies are working.
Joseph J. Heck: “Each of the military services and the Department of Defense has adopted strategies to reduce suicide within our troops…”
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He requested feedback on the effectiveness of suicide reduction strategies in the military.
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