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David Roe: “When you have a situation where more veterans are dying of suicide than combat then we have a huge problem in this…”

On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
When you have a situation where more veterans are dying of suicide than combat then we have a huge problem in this country.
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David Roe
Republican · Vermont

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Roe highlights the alarming rate of veteran suicides compared to combat deaths.

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