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FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2015, file photo, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for Health Undersecretary Dr. David Shulkin, center, talks with attendees prior to testifying about the current state of the VA Medical Center in Phoenix at a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee field hearing in Gilbert, Ariz. The Department of Veterans Affairs says that an average of 20 veterans a day committed suicide in 2014, a slight decrease from a previous government estimate for 2010. Shulkin told The Associated Press that the data used for the latest suicide projections came from every state and U.S. territory and was the largest analysis of veteran records ever undertaken by the department. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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