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September 10, 2008
Another national disgrace
Will any presidential candidate address the issue that American soldiers are killing themselves at unprecedented rates? This war is taking lives here and overseas needlessly.
The rate of suicides among-active duty soldiers is on pace to surpass
both last year's numbers and the rate of suicide in the general U.S.
population for the first time since the Vietnam war, according to U.S.
Army officials.
As of August, 62 Army soldiers have committed suicide, and 31 cases of possible suicide remain under investigation, according to Army statistics. Last year, the Army recorded 115 suicides among its ranks, which was also higher than the previous year.
Army officials said that if the trend continues this year, it will pass the nation's suicide rate of 19.5 people per 100,000, a 2005 figure considered the most recent by the government.
Army suicide rate could top nation's this year - CNN.comBlogged with the Flock Browser
