The High Number of Suicides Among Active Military Service Members and Veterans
A new report out this week focuses on a serious problem for the Pentagon: the high number of suicides among active military service members and veterans. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Kathy Kilcoyne, whose 25 year old son Colin — a veteran of the war in Iraq — took his own life in January.
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