Mom lost son to suicide after Iraq

All the training and funding the DOD and the VA pushed since 2007 and still this happened.

Brian took his life on May 27, 2011 - five months after returning home from Iraq.

Mother says late son didn't get help he needed from VA
WXIA
Blayne Alexander
May 26, 2014

ROSWELL, Ga. -- A mother whose son committed suicide after serving two tours of duty in Iraq says he didn't get the help that he needed from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Peggy Portwine is going to Capitol Hill in a few weeks to speak before the Veteran's Affairs Committee.

She says her son, Brian Portwine, visited the VA in Florida, but was never properly treated for post traumatic stress disorder.

Brian Portwine enlisted at age 17, right out of high school. After a year of basic training at Fort Hood, he was deployed to Iraq.
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How many times do they have to hold hearings before they actually listen?