“More suicides per month in the U.S. military, returning vets, than people killed in action, by a long shot.”
Joe Biden
Former vice president. in a town hall event at Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.. Claim dated 23 Aug 2019.
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Joe Biden (Former vice president) made this claim around 23 August 2019. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 September 2019, 13 days later. Its rating was “Not the whole story”.
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