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VA Suicide Hotline Received Over 35K Calls Between August 13-29: Report

Hank Berrien
VA Suicide Hotline Received Over 35K Calls Between August 13-29: Report
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According to a report, between August 13-29, while the Biden administration was conducting the last stages of their disastrous exit from Afghanistan, the Veterans Affairs Suicide hotline received over 35,000 calls from veterans.

“Veterans placed more than 35,000 calls to the Veterans Crisis Line between Aug. 13 and 29, according to VA data provided to the Washington Examiner,” The Washington Examiner reported on Tuesday. A spokesman for the VA informed the Examiner that its own analysis showed there was a roughly 7% increase from the same period last year.

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