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Jay Rockefeller: “We are a Nation of such optimism that nobody wants to admit that... they just get depressed and they can't perform to…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2009
We are a Nation of such optimism that nobody wants to admit that... they just get depressed and they can't perform to their ordinary ability
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Rockefeller discusses the reluctance to acknowledge mental health issues among veterans.

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