White House Changes Policy On Condolence Letters for Military Suicides -- New York Times
For several administrations at least, the White House has declined to send letters of condolence to families of troops who committed suicide, even if those suicides occurred in combat zones.
The policy was based on concerns within military circles that recognizing such deaths would encourage more suicides. But it infuriated many of those families, who felt they should have received the same kinds of letters sent to families of every service member killed in action.
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More News On White House Change In Policy On Condolence Letters for Military Suicides
We Will Honor All Those Who Have Fallen -- White House blog
Obama reverses condolence letter policy -- CBS News
Obama Administration Shifts Policy on Military Condolence Letters to Include Suicides -- FOX News
Obama reverses military suicide letter policy -- AFP
President Reverses Military Suicide Condolence Letter Policy -- Wall Street Journal
Obama to send condolence letters on troop suicides -- AP
President Obama to recognize military suicides with condolence letters -- Politico
White House lifts ban on military suicide condolences -- CNN
President Obama to Change Policy and Also Write Condolence Letters to Families of Service Members in War Zones Who Commit Suicide -- ABC News
Should the families of soldiers who commit suicide in combat get condolence letters? -- CBC
My Comment: I use to be against changing the policy .... but the voices of the families who lost their loved ones through suicide changed my point of view. This is the right approach by this administration to try and balance what is for many Americans a very sensitive issue.
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