Oklahoma Representative Josh West was in Washington D.C. Wednesday with President Trump as he signed an executive order instructing the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to increase its suicide prevention outreach.
West is a combat veteran and is a champion of veterans’ issues.
“It was an honor to represent our nation’s millions of veterans in our Capital this week,” West said. “I’m grateful to President Trump for seeing the seriousness and importance of this threat to the men and women who have faithfully served our country. Giving them resources to combat depression, PTSD and other mental injuries suffered as a result of combat duty will help reduce the number of suicides committed each year by our veterans. They deserve our gratitude, our help and our support, and as a fellow veteran I’m glad to give it to them.”
West served in the U.S. Army until he had to medically retire with honors. He was shot during a mission in 2003.
