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Top Admiral: Military Suicides Will Keep Rising
By: Bill O'ReillySeptember 30, 2010
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Time Magazine: Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was talking of the military's ability to fight future wars Wednesday when he suddenly changed gears. "We had five suicides in the Army last weekend," the nation's top military officer abruptly volunteered. And, he warned, such horrors are only going to grow...

The five suicides last weekend included three at Fort Hood in Texas, and a pair at Fort Polk in Louisiana. Four soldiers are believed to have killed themselves at the Texas base over the past week, bringing to 20 the number of suspected suicides at the huge post so far this year. All four had fought - and been decorated - for combat in Afghanistan or Iraq. The rate at Fort Hood is roughly four times the national average. There were 11 suicides at Fort Hood in 2009.
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