More U.S. soldiers and veterans have died from suicide than from combat wounds over the past two years. The latest research indicates that suicide recently has surpassed combat death as a cause of mortality in the military.
Senator Patty Murray is leading efforts on Capitol Hill to find out why the suicide rate has skyrocketed. She says experts have not yet given her a precise answer.
The US has been at war in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than a decade. Murray says multiple deployments and unemployment are factors in the rising suicide rate.
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