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  • Editorial: Military suicides costing more lives than war

    The New York Daily News

    A disturbing spike in active-duty military suicides, which puts 2012 on pace to set an all-time record, demands a swift and coordinated response from the Pentagon. So far this year, even as the war in Iraq has wound down, the number of U.S. service members taking their own lives has averaged almost one a day — a substantially higher pace than in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, far more soldiers have taken their own lives than have been killed by the enemy in Afghanistan. Seen up close, each life lost is its own wrenching tragedy ...

  • Editorial: Military suicides costing more lives than war

    The New York Daily News

    A disturbing spike in active-duty military suicides, which puts 2012 on pace to set an all-time record, demands a swift and coordinated response from the Pentagon. So far this year, even as the war in Iraq has wound down, the number of U.S. service members taking their own lives has averaged almost one a day — a substantially higher pace than in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, far more soldiers have taken their own lives than have been killed by the enemy in Afghanistan. Seen up close, each life lost is its own wrenching tragedy ...