Fox News | Vet who lost military 'brothers' to post-war suicide calls for urgent change: 'We could do better’
John Byrnes, deputy director of Concerned Veterans for America (CVA), spoke to Fox News Digital about the urgent need for better mental health care for veterans, coinciding with Mental Health Awareness Month and Military Appreciation Month.
While the U.S. is facing a mental health crisis overall, Byrnes repeated how it’s "really bad for veterans."
"Every year, there's a story of a veteran who takes [their] own life on a VA facilities property," he said. "And we could just do better as a society."
Fox News | John Byrnes discusses Memorial Day and the true cost of war
"I've lost several friends to suicide since the Global War on Terror started...we've lost nearly four times as many veterans and military members to suicide since 2001 as we have in overseas actions 30,000 compared to 7,000...Those are people we should be remembering on Memorial Day...While Americans are relaxing this weekend and remembering those veterans who died overseas they should also remember those who suffered and died at home because they did serve overseas."
The Hill | McCarthy’s debt ceiling deal faces first critical GOP test
Congressional GOP leaders are pressing ahead with plans for a House vote Wednesday on the debt ceiling deal, in the face of opposition from conservatives who say the deal does not cut spending enough to justify extending the government’s borrowing limit.
The Daily Caller | Biden Keeps Repeating A Destructive Pattern When Granting Weapons To Ukraine, Experts Say
The Biden administration is locked in a pattern of delaying or denying weapons deliveries for Ukraine only to backtrack those decisions and grant Kyiv’s request, one that both shows a lack of guiding strategy and vulnerability to political pressures coming from the Democratic base, and experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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