The Department of Veteran Affairs’ report last year showing a staggering decline in suicides among military veterans seemed to bring encouraging news — still, that figure was disputed by advocates, who say the undercounting of suicides painted a rosier picture than reality offers. Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, joins Chuck to detail the state of veterans’ mental health as the nation nears Memorial Day.
The Chuck Toddcast: The mental health crisis among veterans, with Paul Rieckhoff
The Brief
→ Four things from today’s episode
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What it felt like to receive the Lifetime Achievement Emmy w. What it felt like to receive the Lifetime Achievement Emmy with journalism under attack
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Martha's advice to her younger self. and to the local reporter she shouted out from the stage
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Why the 2012 VP debate she moderated put foreign policy back. Why the 2012 VP debate she moderated put foreign policy back on the map
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The propaganda Pentagon press corps. no embeds, no access, 50,000 troops in the dark
