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Iraq Veteran Suicide

Bloomberg 3? NYC Veterans 0

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Troops, Mental Health, Memorial Day, Mayor Bloomberg, Middle East Politics, Michael Bloomberg, Veterans Day, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, President Obama, Michael Bloomberg Term Limits, Mike Bloomberg, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Iraq Veteran Suicide, Students, New York, New York City, Tbi, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Marines, Iraq PTSD, Veterans Benefits, Homeless Veterans, Middle East, Ptsd, US Navy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

Ask any veteran and he or she will tell you that over the past several years New York City's Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs has done little or nothing to assist the hundreds of thousands of veterans in the city.

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"You Saved My Life" ... A Reason to Keep Reporting

Aaron Glantz | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq PTSD, Iraq Veterans, James Eggemeyer, Ptsd, Iraq Veteran Suicide, Veterans, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Politics News
Aaron Glantz

After six years of war in Iraq, it is easy to get exhausted and depressed, then something happens that suddenly gives all your work meaning, that gives you the strength to continue.

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Violent Veterans, the Big Picture

Helen Benedict | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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Helen Benedict

Iraq War veterans seem to be killing and hurting themselves and others more than veterans of any other war in American history.

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Diary Of An Iraq Vet's Suicide

SLWeekly | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

Read More: Warwire, Iraq Vet's Suicide, Suicide, Jason Ermer, Iraq, Iraq Veteran Suicide, World News

It was just after midnight on Dec. 31, 2007, and bitterly cold outside, when two Ogden police officers knocked on the door of Jason Ermer's home. E...

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Post-War Suicides May Exceed Combat Deaths

ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Iraq Veteran Suicide, War in Iraq, Iraq Suicides, Iraq PTSD, Ptsd, Politics News

At the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting in Washington, Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda,...

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Suicide Rates Increase Among Iraq And Afghanistan Vets

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Veterans, Iraq Veteran Suicide, Living News

Hundreds of troops have come home from war, left the military and committed suicide. That is the finding of preliminary Veterans Affairs Department r...

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