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The Chuck Toddcast: The mental health crisis among veterans, with Paul Rieckhoff

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
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Why Paul is calling AI the number one national security threat. bigger than Trump himself

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The New York Times report that OpenAI’s tech meddled with th. The New York Times report that OpenAI’s tech meddled with three US government websites this summer without the lab’s knowledge

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How NATO, the UN, Congress, and the World Bank are failing to keep up with AI. and why Congress being out of session makes it worse

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The Iran war as a sucking chest wound. gas and diesel prices soaring, Republicans finally breaking with Trump as midterm pictures darken

 
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.