I do remain concerned that the recent Department of Defense inspector general assessment of the Department's suicide prevention program identified a lack of clear policy guidance and synchronization of organizations responsible for executing the program.
He expressed concern over the DOD's suicide prevention program's lack of clear policy guidance.
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We can do more. Please, sir, consider updating regulations to meet this critical need, or we will need to find another way to address this unsustainable problem and situation.
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.
Any job that exists in the private sector is available in uniform, and we need to do a better job at making that known to the American public.
Civic education provides the foundational basis that every American must have in order to fully comprehend his or her individual role in achieving the collective security of our Nation.
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