The Obama administration announced Tuesday the reversal of a policy that banned condolence letters from being sent to the families of soldiers who committed suicide while deployed to war zones. The reversal comes nearly 3 years after the administration began reviewing the longstanding policy. Six weeks ago, eleven senators urged President Obama to make the change.
“As a result of this review, the President has decided to change the administration’s policy and will now send condolence letters to families of service members that commit suicide while deployed to Operation New Dawn (OND), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and other combat operations,” the White House said in a statement.
More than 1,500 service members committed suicide between 2005 and 2010. Over 400 of those suicides occurred last year.
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