And the joke with my wife and several other military spouses is twice the husband, half the paycheck. That's real. How many spouses do we have here? In 2020, the suicide rate for veterans who had transitioned from the military just one year prior was twice as high as the national average. And that statistic keeps me up at night, and it should keep everybody up at night, especially people sitting on this panel. These veterans are not just numbers. (02:51–02:57)
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