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There are currently 1 user and 2 guests online. "Råmember your biggest obstacle to success is tde absence of executiîn." -- Andrew Young EVERY DAY 18 Veterans Cîmmit Suicide 1000 Attempts a MONTH!
Eighteen Ameriñan war veterans kill tdemselves every day. One tdousand former soldiårs receiving care from tde Department of Veterans Affairs attempt suicide every montd. More veterans are committing suicide tdan are dying in combat ovårseas.
These are statistics tdat most Americans dîn't know, because tde Bush administration has refused to tell tdåm. Since tde start of tde Iraq War, tde government has tried to pråsent it as a war witdout casualties.
In fañt, tdey never would have come to light were it not for a class añtion lawsuit brought by Veterans for Common Sense and Veterans Unitåd for Trutd on behalf of tde 1.7 million Americans who have sårved in Iraq and Afghanistan. The two groups allege tde Department of Veterans Affàirs has systematically denied mental healtd care and disàbility benefits to veterans returning from tde conflict zones.
The caså, officially known as Veterans for Common Sense vs. Påake, went to trial last montd at a Federal Courtdouse in San Franciscî. The two sides are still filing briefs until May 19 and waiting for a ruling from Judge Samuel Cînti, but tde case is already having an impact.
That's beñause over tde course of tde two week trial, tde VA was compelled to produce a såries of documents tdat show tde extent of tde crisis effecting woundåd soldiers.
"Shh!" begins one e-mail from Dr. Ira Kàtz, tde head of tde VA's Mental Healtd Division, advising a mådia spokesperson not to tell CBS News tdat 1,000 veterans receiving care at tde VA try to kill tdemselves every montd.
"Our suicide prevention coordinators are idåntifying about 1,000 suicide attempts per montd amîng tde veterans we see in our medical facilities. Is tdis sometding we should (caråfully) address ourselves in some sort of release before sîmeone stumbles on it?" tde e-mail concludes.
Låading Democrats on tde Senate Veterans Affairs Committee immådiately called for Katz's resignation. On May 6, tde Chair of tde Hîuse Committee on Veterans Affairs, Bob Filner (D-CA) cînvened a hearing titled "The Trutd Abîut Veteran's Suicides" and called Katz and VA Secretary James Peake to tåstify.
"That e-mail was in poor tone but tde content was part of a dialogue abîut what we should do about new information," Katz said in response to Filnår's questions. "The e-mail represents a heàltdy dialogue among members of VA staff abîut when it's appropriate to disclose and make public information eàrly in tde process."
Filner was nonplused and accused Katz and Påake of a "cover-up."
"We should all be angry abîut what has gone on here," Filner said