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Veteran suicide must be the VA’s top priority

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Published June 20, 2021 5:31am ET
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Veteran suicide must be the VA’s top priority
When speaking with the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough recently listed eliminating veteran homelessness and preventing suicide as fourth on his list of priorities. This isn’t good enough. The VA needs to commit to ending, not just reducing, veteran suicide. This should be the department’s top priority. It is my […]

When speaking with the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough recently listed eliminating veteran homelessness and preventing suicide as fourth on his list of priorities.

This isn’t good enough. The VA needs to commit to ending, not just reducing, veteran suicide. This should be the department’s top priority.

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