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For more than 40 years the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting full primary documents and excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more.
Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Each volume begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.
Federal Leaders Remark on the Navy Yard Shooting and Mental Health Care in America: September 16 and 19, 2013
Federal Leaders Remark on the Navy Yard Shooting and Mental Health Care in America: September 16 and 19, 2013
On September 16, 2013, the United States was shaken once again by another mass shooting in which twelve people were killed at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard. While some called for a return to the stalled gun control debate following this tragedy, the shooter's troubled history instead reignited a national conversation about the state of mental health care in the United States, particularly the care provided to veterans.
The Shooting
Just after 8:00 a.m. on September 16, shots were fired at office building 197 at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard. ...
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