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Obama to sign veterans suicide prevention bill
Associated Press ^
| Feb. 12, 2015 9:05 AM EST
Posted on 02/12/2015 7:28:57 AM PST by Olog-hai
President Barack Obama is joining with lawmakers and government leaders to cast a spotlight on the issue of suicide among veterans.
Obama on Thursday will sign the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act into law. […]
The measure is named for a Marine who struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. …
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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: clayhunt; obama; ptsd; suicide; va; vascandal; veterans
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:28:57 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
“Today I have signed a bill making it illegal for veterans to commit suicide. Problem solved. All Hail to me!”
To: Olog-hai
The bill creates a pilot program to help veterans transition out of active duty, and it creates a website to provide veterans with information about available mental health services. I have to wonder if there's some small print in there that requires surrendering any weapons they might own, including those owned by others living in the same domicile.
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:34:31 AM PST
by
grobdriver
(Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
To: Olog-hai
Except that vets and non-vets kill themselves in roughly the same numbers. This issues (that gets endlessly repeated) is about making people believe vets are crazy people who could snap at any moment.
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:40:19 AM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: grobdriver
We already had one back in the late '60s and not coincidentally, it was called Operation Transition.
Given the number of men who saw combat and the stark differences between military and civilian life back then, it actually had some value.
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:40:52 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: grobdriver
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posted on
02/12/2015 7:53:31 AM PST
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
To: Straight Vermonter
This issues (that gets endlessly repeated) is about making people believe vets are crazy people who could snap at any moment.Exactly.
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posted on
02/12/2015 8:00:22 AM PST
by
PROCON
(Always give 100%---unless you're donating blood.)
To: Olog-hai
If obama is in on this; then it will result in disaster for Vets, their rights will be greatly diminished, the suicide rate will double post haste. (ultimately that is the plan)
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posted on
02/12/2015 8:29:16 AM PST
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: Olog-hai
I hope there is a rider attached authorizing the Keystone Pipeline.
To: Olog-hai
and it creates a website to provide veterans with information about available mental health services Let me guess... a $964 million web site that basically tells vets to go sign up for Obamacare.
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