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NOW A HOUSE PANEL LOOKS AT MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING VETERANS RETURNING FROM COMBAT. HEALTH SPECIALISTS... |
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THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS IS CALLED TO ORDER. WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE... |
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. SOME OF THE WITNESSES HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY DEVASTATED BY THE LOSS OF A LOVED... |
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OUR FIRST PANEL WILL BE MR. AND MRS. MIKE BOWMAN WHOSE SON, TIM, FROM THE SIXTH CALVARY COMMITTED... |
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I APPRECIATE YOU HOLDING THIS HEARING AND YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE AND... |
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THANK YOU, MR. BOSWELL, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS ISSUE. |
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I WANT TO INTRODUCE THREE CONSTITUENTS TO BE TESTIFYING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TODAY. WE ARE JOINED... |
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THANK YOU. MR. AND MRS. BOWMAN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. AND HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO... |
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MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, MY WIFE AND I ARE HONORED TO BE SPEAKING REPRESENTING JUST... |
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BANK FOR BEING HERE -- THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. |
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AND THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, FOR HAVING THIS VERY IMPORTANT AND TIMELY HEARING TODAY. IT IS GOING... |
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-- OR ENCOURAGE HIM TO GET HELP? |
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HE WAS A VERY SMART KID AND AS SOON AS HE WAS START TO OPEN UP ABOUT A SITUATION WHERE HE THOUGHT... |
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NOT KNOWING WHERE YOU LIVE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THEN PROVIDING THE RESOURCES TO THIS... |
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I WOULD SAY, YES. AS IN THE CASE OF TIM, MANY OF HIS UNIT BUDDIES ARE A VERY WELL CONNECTED AND THEY... |
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I WANT TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE FOR YOU. WE THINK FOR COMING. -- WE THANK YOU FOR COMING.... |
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MR. AND MRS. BOWMAN, ALL OF US HERE WHO ARE PARENTS CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LOSE A CHILD.... |
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THE HUNDRED AND 18 SOLDIERS THAT WERE IN F 202 HAVE BASICALLY ADOPTED US. -- THE 118 SOLDIERS. I... |
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PLEASE DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND ME, I AM JUST SAYING WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE POLICY. I WILL CERTAINLY CHECK... |
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BY THE WAY, I WOULD CONCENTRATE ON THE OFFICIAL RECORDS AND WHETHER THERE STILL ARE NOT. THE KNOWLEDGE... |
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THAT IS VERY TRUE. ESPECIALLY IN A NATIONAL GUARD UNIT BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY THOSE MEN ARE CLOSER... |
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I KNOW THAT THEY LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICT. |
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I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE IN COMING TODAY AND TELLING THE STORY ABOUT YOUR SON. I HAD THE... |
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OF THE REDEPLOYMENT PROCESS, BASICALLY WE INTEGRATING BACK INTO SOCIETY. YOU'RE TALKING TO THE CHAIRMAN... |
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WITH REGARD TONO CARRIERRINGCONNECT 1200 COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES AND WE ARE VERY SURLY FOR THIS TRAGEDY.... |
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IT IS LIKE MY HUSBAND SAID. IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN SOME KIND OF A PROGRAM WHERE WE HAD... |
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I HAVE BEEN IN HEARINGS LIKE THIS, I THINK IN CONSUMER PROTECTION AND TRADE AND WE DO WITH FAMILIES... |
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HE DID NOT ASK FOR MEDICATION. |
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WAS THEIR REASON? |
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HE DID NOT REALIZE THE PROBLEM. |
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HE DID NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT THIS WAS AFFECTING HIM AND HE WAS NOT RECEPTIVE TO COUNSELING OR TO MEDICATION?... |
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NO. |
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OK. LAST THING, DID HE HAVE A HIGH- SCHOOL DEGREE? |
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YES. |
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ONCE THOSE THREE ARE IN PLACE AND THE BUILDING OF THE SELF- ESTEEM IS THE KEY AND THE PARENTS SOMEHOW... |
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THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WAS LIKE A MANDATORY NATURE, BEFORE YOU COULD DO ANYTHING,... |
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A POINT IN PASSING, THERE ARE WRITTEN TESTS THAT SOLDIERS CAN TAKE WHEN THEY GET OUT THAT ONCE THEY... |
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WE HAVE LOTS OF EVIDENCE THAT THOSE ARE NOT FILLED OUT ACCURATELY BECAUSE THE SOLDIER KNOWS THAT IF... |
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. |
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MR. RODRIGUEZ, HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL HEALTH WORKER. |
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FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TEST WOULD TESTIMONY. IT IS DIFFICULT AND ALSO HARD TO ... |
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THEY CAME HOME IN MARCH OF 2005. HE DIED ON NOVEMBER 24TH OF 2005. HE WAS ONLY HOME FOR 8 MONTHS ... |
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. I WANT TO TAKE THIS PRIVILEGE TO RECOGNIZE [UNINTELLIGIBLE] WHO IS HERE... |
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THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. |
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. WE CERTAINLY... |
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AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. IT WAS VERY HELPFUL THE COLLEAGUE FROM RONA ISLAND, MR.... |
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THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. FIRST, I WANT TO OFFER YOU MY CONDOLENCES. YOU SPOKE IN YOUR TESTIMONY ABOUT... |
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MY WIFE CAN ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT WHEN I SAW DR. KATZ'S REACTION ON THE TV WAS -- THE FIRST TO HAVE... |
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THANK YOU, MR. MITCHELL. |
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I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE SCHEDULED THIS HEARING AND I APPRECIATE MR. AND MRS. BOWMAN FOR... |
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YOU ARE RIGHT THERE. |
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I CAME FROM THE VIETNAM ERA. THAT WAS MY WAR. I WAS IN COLLEGE. I NEED WITH MY VIETNAM VETS ALL THE... |
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THANK YOU, MR. MCINERNEY? |
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THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I WANT TO THINK THE BOMB WENT FOR THEIR COURAGE... |
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THANK YOU. MR. WALZ, WHO -- I JUST WANT TO TELL THE BOWMANS HE IS THE HIGHEST DECORATED MAN TO A EVER... |
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND THANK YOU, MR. AND MRS. BAMANN FOR BEING HERE. THERE ARE NO WORDS THAT... |
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ABSOLUTELY. |
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AND YOU NEED TO BRING ALL OF THE SOLDIERS IN. ONE OF THE STIGMAS THAT HAS BEEN HELD UP, ESPECIALLY... |
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ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THERE IS A GROUP BEHIND YOU -- THIS GROUP SITTING OUT HERE. THEY... |
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THANK YOU BOTH, MR. AND MRS. BOWMAN FOR COMING HERE. MY CONDOLENCES FOR YOUR LOSS AND MY THANKS TO... |
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I THINK ANYTHING THAT GETS IT TO -- THAT MAKES THE TERM SOMETHING THAT IS NOT PERMANENT. THE TERM... |
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THANK YOU, AND I THINK IS IMPORTANT THAT UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE NOT REDEPLOY INTO COMBAT... |
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN FOR THIS DISCUSSION TODAY. I WANT TO THANK THE BOTH OF YOU, AS OTHERS HAVE,... |
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MR. KENNEDY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THESE ISSUES... |
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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I ALSO WANT TO JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN OFFERING MY CONDOLENCES TO YOU FOR YOUR... |
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AS FAR AS THE V.A. HEALTH FOR THE FAMILIES, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BA PERSON APPROACHED ME IN MY ENTIRE... |
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AND YOU THINK THESE FAMILIES COULD BE A BIG HELP TO A RETURNING VETERAN IF THEY KNEW IN ADVANCE MORE... |
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ESPECIALLY WITH GUARD AND RESERVE. WE SAW IT WITH HIM AND WE HAVE SEEN IT WITH OTHER GUARDSMEN. THEY... |
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AND WE, OURSELVES, CHOSE TO GO ON OUR OWN AND GET GRIEF COUNSELING, AS WELL AS OUR DAUGHTER. AND HAS... |
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AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE -- WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER. I WENT TO OUR LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION,... |
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YOU JUST MADE A GREAT CASE FOR MENTAL HEALTH PARITY. WE WILL WORK ON THAT. |
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THANK YOU, MR. KENNEDY. MR. BUCHANAN? MR. BULL YOUR? |
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THANK YOU, VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ASSOCIATION TOWARD THE COMMENTS OF DR.... |
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SINCE SCSI IS SUCH A SUCCESSFUL TELEVISION PROGRAM, COMBAT INJURIES PRETTY DESCRIPTIVE. BUT IT IS... |
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ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO CHANGE THE TERM IS DO IT RIGHT NOW. |
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A CAKE, WE WILL TALK ABOUT C S I, COMBAT STRESS INJURY. |
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WOULD YOU INDULGE ME FOR AS A SECOND? |
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YEAH. |
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LET ME JUST SAY YOU -- SAY THIS TO ALL OF YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THE RANKING MENU -- MEMBER, BUT FIGURES... |
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YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY THOUGHT ABOUT THIS SINCE TIMOTHY'S DEBT. YOUR VERY ARTICULATE AND YOU HAVE HELPED... |
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JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE ARE TRULY HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. WE DECIDED THAT AFTER TIM DIED AT... |
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THANK YOU AND YOU HAVE HONORED YOUR SON AND YOUR FAMILY. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. |
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THANK YOU. |
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WE WILL ASK THE SECOND PANEL TO COME FORWARD. RETURNED FROM VIETNAM AND I MARRIED HIM A YEAR LATER.... |
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WOULD YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? |
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WHICH PEACE, THE LAST PARAGRAPH? |
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WHAT WAS THE STEADY? |
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THE NATIONAL VIETNAM VETERANS READJUSTMENT STUDY, WHICH CLAIMED TO BE THE BIGGEST STUDY THAT HAD EVER... |
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YEAH. |
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NEVER MENTIONED SUICIDE. |
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WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? |
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1990. THE RESEARCH WAS DONE BETWEEN 1986 AND 1988, I BELIEVE. |
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THANK YOU. |
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THE U.S. INVENTED -- INVADED IRAQ IN MARCH OF 2003 AND BY AUGUST, SO MANY AMERICAN SOLDIERS HAD KILLED... |
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THANK YOU. |
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THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY SHARE... |
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THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. MR. SCHNEIDER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? |
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I WAS BROWSING THROUGH YOUR BOOK. I WANTED TO ASK, MA'AM, DID A SERIES IN YOUR STATEMENT OF A VERY... |
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I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS, BECAUSE I APPROACH THIS FROM -- I AM A VETERANS DAUGHTER. BUT I AM A CONCERNED... |
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I THINK OF THINGS -- YOU MENTIONED YOUR FATHER. TODAY MY FATHERMY FATHER DIED HE WAS ONE OF THE GUISE... |
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I WOULD HAVE DONE IT MYSELF IF I HAD ONLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK THIS CAN BE EASILY DONE.... |
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THE PROBLEM WE HAVE RUN INTO WITH OUR RESERVE COMPONENT IN ARKANSAS IS THAT IT MAY COME FROM COMMUNITIES... |
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ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS ABOUT THIS WAR IS THE FACT WE HAD BEEN INVITED NOT TO PARTICIPATE. IN BOTH... |
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THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. |
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THANK YOU TO BOTH OF YOU. I WAS GOING TO POSE A QUESTION WITH REGARD TO WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN OR IN YOUR... |
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THE INFORMATION ABOUT ACTIVE- DUTY TROOPS HAS BEEN VERY HARD TO GET AHOLD OF. NEWSPAPER REPORTERS... |
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THERE ARE SPECIFIC STATISTICS AND SPECIFIC CHANGES AND DIFFERENCES AS FAR AS GUARD AND RESERVE TROOPS,... |
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SUICIDE STATISTICS ARE DIFFICULT TO GATHER. THE CDC SAYS THEY EXPECT IT IS EITHER BETWEEN 10% AND... |
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THANK YOU BOTH. |
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MR. KENNEDY. |
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THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON MY INITIAL STATEMENT WHEN WE WERE SPEAKING WITH THE BOWMANS,... |
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THE AUSTRALIANS DID THAT. |
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CAN YOU COMMENT ON THAT? WE HAVE A WHOLE GENERATION OF CHILDREN OF THESE VETERANS AND THEY HAVE BEEN... |
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AFTER THE WAR IN VIETNAM 20 YEARS AFTER THE WAR IN VIETNAM THE AUSTRALIANS CREATED WHAT THEY CALLED... |
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THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS, THE SECONDARY PT AS THESD. A CLUSTER OF SUICIDES THAT TOOK PLACE IN FORT... |
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I APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL KEVLAR ACT. THAT IS MY BILL. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT... |
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WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME STATISTICS HERE. |
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WHETHER THIS IS A QUESTION OF THE VETERANS DEPARTMENT, IT SEEMS IT IS A QUESTION OF OUR NATIONAL INTEREST.... |
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ABOUT THIS BEING REALLY IMPORTANT, THAT WOULD FOCUS ON PREVENTIVE CARE, IT SEEMS TO ME -- THINK ABOUT... |
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THANK YOU. |
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I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION WE OBTAINED TO HELP PREPARE FOR THIS HEARING, WE GOT READILY... |
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THANK YOU. I WISH COMMANDERS WERE AS OPEN AS YOU SUGGEST. MR. KENNEDY. |
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IN TERMS OF -- WE'RE WORKING ON A NETWORK OF CARE, INTERNET- BASED COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR THOSE... |
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I WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THE DATA QUESTION. IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT THIS DATA... |
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I CAN SAY THIS, THAT SINCE I AM JUST A PRIVATE CITIZEN WHO IN 2005 WAS INTERESTED IN THE TOPIC AND... |
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SO WE SHOULD TRY IT IN THE CORRECTIONS SYSTEM, ALSO, AND WE'RE NOT. |
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YES. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS COMMUNITIES CAN DO. I HAVE ALREADY SEEN THEM HAPPEN IN MY AREA... |
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IN MY STATE, MY MUNICIPAL POLICE ACADEMIES HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER AND PUT THEIR OWN DEBRIEFING PROGRAM... |
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IN AUGUST OF 2007 THE ARMY RELEASED A 165-PAGE SUICIDE EVENT REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2006. THAT WAS DESCRIBED... |
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WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY. THERE'S LOTS OF MOVEMENT HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE VOTES OVER ON... |
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I APOLOGIZE TO OUR WITNESSES FOR THE RECESS. ALSO, WE TRIED TO DO TOO MUCH IN ONE DAY. I THINK WITH... |
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THANK YOU. MR. CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I WANT TO BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY MOST PROFOUND... |
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I AM SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MR. KATZ, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CONCLUSION THAT THOSE IN GREATEST NEED... |
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I WILL TAKE THE QUESTION FOR THE RECORD AND GET BACK TO YOU AFTER THE HEARING. |
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WHY? I'M JUST ASKING, YOU MADE A CONCLUSION WHICH I THINK IS WRONG. AND YOU CANNOT ARGUE FOR IT. |
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THOSE WHO COME, FOR EXAMPLE THERE IS A DEMOCRATICDEMOCRATIC ISSUE, BUT MOST OF THOSE WHO COME FOR... |
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YOU HAVE NO BASIS FOR MAKING THAT STATEMENT. AGAIN, THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO ARGUMENTS THAT... |
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AND NOT JUST AN ASSUMPTION. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN NEED WHO DO NOT COME... |
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BUT THOSE WHO DO NOT COME COULD BE EVEN GREATER. YOU SAY THE REVERSE HERE. AND I DO NOT KNOW ON WHAT... |
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SIR, I WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS, BUT I WANT TO STRESS THAT THE ISSUE IS PREVENTION.... |
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YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS ARGUING THE RATE. EVERY ONE OF YOUR PARAGRAPHS ENDS WITH A THING ABOUT THE... |
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I WILL TELL YOU. KARR SUICIDE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES ARE BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT DECREASING SUICIDE... |
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AND SUICIDES AMONG EXPOSED? |
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IN OUR CURRENT FOLLOW-UP WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY. |
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6000 CALLS AND YOU'RE GIVING ME ALL OF THIS DATA, BUT YOU HAVE NOT SEEN OR YOU DO NOT KNOW IF THERE... |
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WE ARE DOING FOLLOW-UP OF THOSE WHO HAVE CALLED AND THE RESULTS FROM THE FOLLOW-UPS WILL BE AVAILABLE... |
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THESE ARE OBVIOUS QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DON'T HAVE THEM BEFORE YOU COME IN. YOU GIVE US... |
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SIR, WITH PERMISSION I COULD SEND TO YOU THE STORIES OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CALLED THE HOTLINE... |
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I AM NOT ARGUING THAT AT ALL. IF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING THIS ARE WONDERFUL AND DEDICATED PEOPLE... |
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VA HAS A MAJOR SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM, THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE IN THE NATION. THE NUMBERS, FRANKLY,... |
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WOULD IT WAS 3000, WITH IT WAS 1000, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? |
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IF THE NUMBER WERE 300 WE WOULD STILL BE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. |
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BUT YOU ARE NOT REFERRING TO WHY DO THOSE 6000 EXIST? WITH ALL OF THIS WORK YOU ARE DOING? WHAT IS... |
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THE 6000 EXIST BECAUSE MENTAL ILLNESS IS A REAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS CAN BE FATAL... |
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SIR, PATRICK KENNEDY SPOKE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH IN AMERICA AND HE IS RIGHTV. . VA HE IS . IS AHEAD... |
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I ACCEPT THAT. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 6000 VETERANS WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE LAST YEAR AND THE 6000 THE... |
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THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE FOREMOST RESEARCHERS IN AMERICA WORKING ON THIS PROBLEM. THAT IS WHY OUR MENTAL... |
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I UNDERSTAND. BUT IF YOU IGNORE THESE ISSUES IN A REPORT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT YOUR... |
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