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Beto O'Rourke: “The conservative estimate, and we don't know the real number, but it is 20 a day, every day are taking their lives.”

On the recordJune 25, 2018
The conservative estimate, and we don't know the real number, but it is 20 a day, every day are taking their lives.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

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Highlighting the crisis of veteran suicides.

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