There is a very troubling story I was reading on the Huffington Post moments ago by a Paul Reickhoff. He writes, "I've talked before about troops' and veterans' suicides and the looming mental health crisis facing those who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan". The numbers in today's new military report are a bleak reminder that this problem isn't going away. In fact, it is growing. According to the Army Suicide Event Report (ASER), 2006 marks the highest rate of military suicides in 26 years, and more than a quarter of those troops killed themselves while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. A total of ninety-nine U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year.
The President needs to implement the six recommendations laid out for him by the Dole-Shalala Commission, as soon as possible, to assist the men and women we have sent into combat. These troops deserve our every consideration in getting them the help that they need to live mentally healthy lives.
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