Programs in the department of defense director of Defense Suicide Prevention Office and the department of defense doctor miller acting director Suicide Prevention program at the department of Veterans Affairs and Suicide Prevention branch chief and deferment of Human Services and doctor kessler professor from the department of Health Care Policy at harvard medical school. Sorryea we are late. The topic is heavy and one that is difficult to discuss but we must address it to ensure the readiness and wellbeing ofut troops and families and veterans. Suicide is a homefront threat tragically rates of suicide for active Duty Service Members increased in the latest reports affecting young men under 30. It is a National Epidemic as a veteran Affairs Committee thats one of my Top Priorities the department of Veterans Affairs improveve capacity and access to Mental Health and the rates of suicide have not decreased. D i see today as an opportunity to understand what more we can do to make a posit
Not calm the situation in the capital of pas which is expecting more violence. And tear gas has been fired this morning in hong kong where prodemocracy demonstrators far back on the streets after some of the worst clashes in 5 months. And if you are anxious about flying well this pig is here to help meet lulu with the pig making air travel a bit less stressful or nervous for us. Brian thomas great to have you with us australian firefighters are on high alert for a catastrophic threat from bushfires dozens of fires are burning at this hour in New South Wales which includes the city of sydney residents of some 100000 homes near sydney are being urged to leave their homes. Well one local fire chief said conditions are so bad that when a fire takes hold quote were not going to stop it. I. Protect life. Protect property. And sure everybody is a safe as possible. These are the principles guiding austerities on australias east coast bracing themselves for the worst bushfires in the nations hi
Libyas former president a former almost takes a plane to mexico to go into exile but that has not calm the situation in the libyas capital of pas it is expecting more on rust. And sirens wailing in israel as towns come under rocket attack this follows israeli airstrike that killed the commander of a Palestinian Militant Group. And if you are anxious about flying well this pig is here to help lou the therapy paying making air travel less stressful for those nervous flops. Im brian thomas great to have you with us australian firefighters. Are on high alert for a catastrophic threat from bushfires dozens of fires are burning in the states of queensland and New South Wales especially this stretch some 1000 kilometers along the east coast from president britain to sydney residents of about 100000 homes near sydney are doing their best at this hour to take shelter after authorities warned that it was too late for them to leave their homes. While a fire that erupted in sydneys northern suburb
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Anyway. We usually have a very robust online audience and the distractions we want to minimize here. Thank you for joining us here. We want to talk about a new report on rebuilding the army. Its one of a series, actually the third paper thats out. The first one talked about how to think about the future, then we released one to the marine corps, this is a major paper on the army and how to think about its relationship with the imperatives of the National Defense strategy, National Security strategy and how the world is changing and recommendations for what the army needs to be and the path it needs to go down to get where it needs to be with a look out to about the 20 30year time frame and follow up with the paper on the air force which i think is coming up next month and then wrap up by the end of the year with the paper on the navy so well have all four Services Covered and how to think about preparations for the future. These papers are meant to give an independent perspective, advi