WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Associated Press has learned that suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year....
2012 Military Suicides Hit Record High Of 349
By ROBERT BURNS, Associated Press
Mon, 01/14/2013 - 10:45am
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