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Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Rep. Van Orden Questions Witnesses on Veteran Suicide Prevention in VA EO Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 04:13

The In Transition program, which is supposed to ensure service members with identified mental health issues are connected with the mental health provider after transition, is not connecting with service members about 70% of the time, according to the the Government Accountability Offices. In Transition has successfully a successful contact rate of 2%. So who in the DoD is accountable for calling these programs a success and coming back here and getting money every year? It's 2%. It's, it's absurd. (04:13–04:18)

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