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Joseph J. Heck: “Each of the military services and the Department of Defense has adopted strategies to reduce suicide within our troops…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2015
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.
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Joseph J. Heck
Nevada

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He requested feedback on the effectiveness of suicide reduction strategies in the military.

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