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Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, center, talks with reporters at the Pentagon, Jan. 19, 2011, about newly released statistics on Army suicides for last year. Army Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, left, and Army National Guard Acting Director Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Carpenter, right, joined Chiarelli.

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Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, center, talks with reporters at the Pentagon, Jan. 19, 2011, about newly released statistics on Army suicides for last year. Army Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, left, and Army National Guard Acting Director Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Carpenter, right, joined Chiarelli.

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