{"id":25733,"date":"2011-07-06T08:45:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T12:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=25733"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:48:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T12:48:47","slug":"white-house-sends-condolence-letters-to-suicide-nok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=25733","title":{"rendered":"White House sends condolence letters to suicide NOK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tman sends us a link to a Stars & Stripes<\/a> article which announces that the White House has begun sending condolence letters to military suicide next-of-kin after being prodded by Senators Boxer and Burr, the chairs of the Senate Military Family Caucus.<\/p>\n

Previously, the White House would send presidential condolences to the families of those who died either in combat or as a result of noncombat incidents in a war zone. Condolence letters were not sent to the families of those who commit suicide, either at home or at war. A White House official said Tuesday the new policy was adopted this week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, OK, good, but this is a bandaid to make voters feel better about voting for the President. If they really wanted to do something about it, the White House would do something about preventing suicides in the first place.<\/p>\n

Parachute Cutie\/Tankerbabe credits me with saving a young soldier from committing suicide. I don’t know if that’s true or not because all I did was talk to him comparing our experiences and saying the same things to him that COB6 told me after our war. Do I think the White House should pay me for that? No, but they need to provide more veterans the opportunity to talk to soldiers who are at risk.<\/p>\n

I think this is the idea behind this video that Medal of Honor awardees made last year<\/a>;<\/p>\n

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But, I think there needs to be a direct channel from veterans to at-risk soldiers and only the White House and the DVA can provide that channel. I’m sure there are thousands of us who would volunteer our time and experience if it meant saving a few lives, but the resources spent on letters to grieving families could be spent on bringing the real experience to bear on the problem. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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