Monday, 2 February 2015

Senate takes up bill to lower suicide rate among vets

FILE - In this March 27, 2014 file photo, with the Capitol in the background, Army veteran David Dickerson of Oklahoma City, Okla., joins others to place 1,892 flags representing veteran and service members who have died by suicide to date in 2014, on the National Mall in Washington. The Senate is expected to take up a bill Monday named for Clay Hunt, a 26-year-old veteran who killed himself in 2011. The bill is aimed at reducing a suicide epidemic that claims the lives of 22 military veterans every day. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill aimed at reducing a suicide epidemic among military veterans appears headed for the president's desk.




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