after that singer-songwriter and author judy collins and john madigan of the american foundation foruicide prevention will join us for a look at efforts to prevent suicide. those conversations, plus your facebook comments, tweets and e-mails. ♪ host: good morning. the japanese prime minister will address a meeting of congress where he will discuss ways to strengthen then u.s./japanese ties. also this morning on c-span3 coverage of the house oversight and reform committee. they are saying how a small gyroscope to enter the airspace and landed on the lawn of the capital. we

host: john mack again. -- madigan. guest: i agree.lan together to live and figure out how you're going to stay on this earth and be all you can be. guest: yes. host: gary in memphis tennessee. you are next. caller: i would like the guests to address the issue of veterans. they have twice the rate of suicide that the general population has. it seems congress tries to address this with the clay hunt suicide prevention for american veterans act. it said that it would cost $2 million, but congress only appropriated zero dollars for the act. host: you're breaking up so i will have john mack again jump in -- madigan jump in. guest: it was sponsored by senator mccain from arizona and blumenthal from connecticut and jeff miller from florida. as i spoke at the top of this program, congress is now recognizing that mental health issues are a big national problem. i urge all of c-span viewers today to call the representatives and urge them to double, triple quadruple funding of veteran mental health programs. last are, we got $900 million in the

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