take their lives each day. today we can help end this crisis. reporter: at the white house, president trump signed an executive order that veterans hope will stem this epidemic. three battle-hardened soldiers from the 82nd air born s bravo company 2580 were invited to the signing. now they are taking part in a pilot program. isolationism. they feel alone. you get back, and now you just, you know, oh, yeah. oh, i ll pay the bills. oh, we re going to go grocery shopping. okay, what about the airstrikes? what about the predator drone strike? and i remember at one point i got the bright idea, hey, let s quit all my meds. [laughter] and, yeah, that doesn t work. don t do that. reporter: bravo company lost 16 members while deployed to kandahar in 2010. since returning home, 20 soldiers from this unit have committed suicide. you re so wound up by just kind of death and destruction
jennifer griffin breaks down the search for answers. reporter: the numbers are staggering, 20 veterans take their lives each day. we could end this crisis. reporter: at the white house donald trump signed an executive order that they hope will send this epidemic. three in the battle hardened soldiers from the 82nd airborne company, invited to the ceremony because their unit was among the hardest hit in afghanistan. they are taking part in a pilot program to prevent more suicide. you get back and i will pay the bills. we will go grocery shopping. what about the airstrikes? what about the predator drone
they scrambled jets. they sent troops to western russia. you can do that when you have a strong military. aren t we sending the message that we re not even going to rattle our sabres. loud and clear like we might as well post it in times square. there s no fear of repercussion. they re not worried about american military strength. i believe, at least not under this administration. they might be worried a few select individuals, high value targets, about a predator drone strike coming their way, but other than that, when they hear about these cuts and pulling out of places, that does not sebd the right message. we have been in three wars for over a decade. i mean, how much more are we going to do? i m not suggesting or wanting war. i think you can prevent wars by having the force and threat of a military presence that is world class. walk soft and carry a big stick. i disagree. i think iran is our number one biggest threat on the planet. we haven t fought iran in hand
it the way we do it now. it is much too much. kg? i think the part about 20 of the world top terrorist leaders on a conference call is ludicrous. if you get on any kind of phone for communication in yemen, in the next 20 seconds, about to get a predator drone strike. ted koppel, you know, what can i say. he is getting older. i flew last week, going through, taking out my bag, my laptop, got my shoes off, my liquids in the thing, don t know whether lip gloss is or is not a liquid, so confusing. in some ways, talking about that type of overreaction. there are some things we do that are very smart and efficient and effective, and then we had the last three months talking about overreaction, the nsa program. well, i guess we will have to take a break here. we are running out of time. i was going to make a point. one more thing, it is up next.
it the way we do it now. it is much too much. kg? i think the part about 20 of the world top terrorist leaders on a conference call is ludicrous. if you get on any kind of phone for communication in yemen, in the next 20 seconds, about to get a predator drone strike. ted koppel, you know, what can i say. he is getting older. i flew last week, going through, taking out my bag, my laptop, got my shoes off, my liquids in the thing, don t know whether lip gloss is or is not a liquid, so confusing. in some ways, talking about that type of overreaction. there are some things we do that are very smart and efficient and effective, and then we had the last three months talking about overreaction, the nsa program. well, i guess we will have to take a break here. we are running out of time. i was going to make a point. one more thing, it is up next. my mantra?