we enable our homeowners to be highly successful, even throughout the recession. something we have worked on, partnership. builders today and mortgage lenders. the extent of our partnership is far beyond that. it is not simply a contractual relationship. we understand that we and the families are all in it together. when there is a problem, partner families know that there is a problem. there is a services coordinator who works to the problem with them and come up with a plan. we are fully committed to that. our families and partners are invested in one another. they are invested in the communities they are serving. at the core of that model that is at the core of the model. a particular are selection process is an important aspect of what we do. we insure the family has the ability to repay the mortgage, but has that relationship going into the mortgage. another aspect of the mortgage it is in no-profit, no- interest mortgage. willamette monthly payments we limit pay
the suicide rate among people with major depression is eight times that of people without. an estimated 20% of individuals who die by suicide were veterans. those numbers are not precise, but that is way too many suicides and it s way too many veterans dying from that cause. we also know that suicide s very connected to substance abuse. 30% of the people who die by suicide have a blood alcohol level above the legal limit and just for those tested, so not everyone who dies by suicide is, but for those tested, 10% of them involved substances such as amphetamines, cocaines, opiods and marijuana. for young people, this is an age group that has bigger issues and less willingness to do something about it or reach out and ask for help, and that is true for the age group about 18 to 25 or up to between 15 and 24, suicide s actually the third leading cause of death so to the extent that military recruits and others are in that age group, this is a high priority issue for families as
united states, i will not give up the fight to change it. in the face of a congress that refuses to do anything on immigration, i have said that i will take action wherever i can. my administration has been doing what we can without the help in congress for more than three years now. last week, we took another step. on friday, we announced we are listing the shadow of deportation from deserving young people who were brought to this country as children. we should have passed the dream at a long time ago. it was written by members of both parties. when it came up for a vote one year and a half ago, republicans in congress blocked it. [applause] the bill had not changed. the need had not changed. the only thing that changed was politics. [applause] the need had not changed. the bill had not changed. it was written with republicans. the only things that changed where politics, and i refuse to keep looking young people in the eye and tell them tough luck, the politics is too h
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he could not walk alone in his journey. in that moment, he asked for help from his spiritual advisor, his chaplain, his family, his therapist and the american people. this intervention helped put his life back on the road to recovery. it also became his building block for understanding the inner wounds of war and for ensuring that mental health advocates understand their responsibility to leave no one behind on the field of battle. major polito. [applause] thank you all very much. when i hear that introduction, i ve got to tell you that i get emotional. one of the reasons that i get emotional is because when i got one of my blood transfusions, i think i got a little female blood in me, and now i cry all the time. [laughter] wow. just to hear that is incredible to me. first of all, on behalf of all of those that have served our nation, i want to take this time to thank you, those individuals that are here today, and those individuals that are back home all over this great na