"I have instructed the Joint Chiefs, and up and down the chain of command, that they have a responsibility to de-stigmatize mental health issues and issues of PTSD, and help to explain to everybody in all of the units under their command that there's nothing weak about asking for help."
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Barack Obama, "5 things you may not know about post-traumatic stress", Sara Cheshire, CNN, (October 4, 2016).
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