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The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Rundown Extra: Johnny Joey Jones on the Veteran Suicide Epidemic

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

News, Daily News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this week Staff Sergeant Johnny "Joey" Jones, who is a double amputee, a marine veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and a Fox News Contributor joined the FOX News Rundown to talk with host Jessica Rosenthal about how we can combat the veteran suicide epidemic in this country, and discusses some of the common misconceptions about veterans. Jones says, the same things that leads your average person down a troubled path in the civilian world are the same things impacting veterans who may also recently served in a war zone. It was a very honest and insightful conversation, but had to be cut down for time, so today you get to hear the full interview. On The FOX News Rundown Extra Johnny "Joey" Jones discusses the steps the military can take to help veterans adapt to civilian life after serving, the criticism of Veteran Affairs and how the VA addresses mental health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.8

This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.

0:17.7

I'm Jessica Rosenthal.

0:23.0

Earlier this week we spoke to Joey Jones about veterans and mental health.

0:27.0

The former Marine and double amputee weighed in after a surprisingly candid speech given by vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff John E. Highton.

0:36.2

Earlier this year in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies,

0:40.0

Highton said point blank we are failing our veterans on housing, on taking care of service members special needs children, and on suicide.

0:48.0

Jones said the same things that lead one down a troubled mental path in the civilian world are the same things impacting

0:54.5

veterans who may have also recently served in a war zone. It was an insightful

0:59.2

conversation but we had to edit it down for time We thought you might like to hear the whole thing.

1:03.8

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1:09.2

Now here's Joey Jones on the Fox News rundown extra.

1:15.0

I want to read you my introduction to this segment.

1:21.0

And then I just want you to give me your reaction okay

1:27.2

recently the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said point blank we are

1:31.9

failing our veterans general General John E.

1:34.6

He heightened said the number of suicides is going in the wrong direction. He said the

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