David Roe: “In the U.S., we are 50th in the world in suicide, and I am proud of the fact that we are really pointing it out.”

The members here have heard me say this many times, in the Guard in Tennessee we have a program called Guard Your Buddy, which has been shown to reduce suicide by almost 70 percent.

I think some people are locked and loaded and ready to go right now; I agree with you.

The VA is not meeting all the needs, otherwise the suicide rate would not be 20 a day and staying there.

When suicide occurs in a hospital, a place where the most vulnerable go for help, that loss feels particularly acute.