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. @DeptVetAffairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, in interview with OANN, says President Donald Trump is "the first president since the 1890s who recognized the scourge of veteran suicide."
Wilkie did not cite any specific evidence to support his statement.
Wilkie did not cite any specific evidence to support his statement.
Starts around 2:20 or so:
On VA's pandemic response, Wilkie says:
"We were prepared, we acted and we were so prepared we were able to help the rest of the country by opening our doors to non-veterans."
"We were prepared, we acted and we were so prepared we were able to help the rest of the country by opening our doors to non-veterans."
Wilkie promoted the new federal suicide prevention plan focused on veterans revealed last month. More on that here: https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/prevents-white-house-report-roadmap-to-end-veteran-suicide
To be clear though, @DeptVetAffairs has been working on veteran suicide prevention to varying degrees for many years and through many different administrations.
Meanwhile, Wilkie did not mention this recent major development: https://connectingvets.radio.com/articles/va-staffer-reta-mays-pleads-guilty-in-7-veteran-murders
