Trump Announces $53 Million ‘Roadmap’ to Prevent Veteran Suicides

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6/17/2020|Updated: 6/17/2020

President Donald Trump announced a $53 million, two-year roadmap to address a persistently high number of suicides among U.S. military veterans.

“Veteran suicide is a tragedy this country started measuring in the decades following the Civil War, but one that sadly went unaddressed for generations,” the president said during a White House address on June 17.

Venus Upadhayaya

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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.

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