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PBS NewsHour | More U.S. Troops Died by Suicide Than in Combat in 2012 | PBS

Duration: 06:48
Program: PBS NewsHour #10542
Broadcast Date: Jan. 15, 2013

Suicides by active duty U.S. troops last year exceeded the number of servicemen and women killed in combat in Afghanistan. Ray Suarez talks to psychiatrist and retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Stephen Xenakis, who says more than half of the soldiers who killed themselves had already sought help from a mental health professional.

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Post Date: January 15, 2013