February 04, 2015

MetroWest Daily News: Warren Highlights Natick Soldier Worker in Speech

FEB 4, 2015

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren this week highlighted the story of a former Natick Soldier Systems Center worker while making the case to her colleagues to support a bill that seeks to reduce veteran suicides.

Warren, D-Mass., on Monday described how Justin Fitch, who has terminal colon cancer and recently retired from the Army as a major, talked about the 22 veterans a day who commit suicide.

"Too many veterans are suffering in silence," Fitch told her. "Twenty-two a day is a lot. One is too many."

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The Senate Tuesday unanimously passed the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, sending the bill to President Barack Obama, who supports it, the Associated Press reported.

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