Truthout: Army suicide rates hit record, may continue to rise
Posted By Brandon Reid On November 20, 2009 @ 1:31 pm In Happening Now | No Comments
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: “Suicides among veterans and soldiers have reached a record high this year and are set to continue rising, a Pentagon press conference confirmed Tuesday. The announcement, coming on the day that the suicide rate for 2009 reached the record number of 2008, leaves advocates worrying about the troop escalation of the Obama administration and the measures the Army has in place to deal with the combat scars which leave no physical trace.”
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