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“‘ We’re better than we were,’ Robichaux says. ‘But we still have a ways to go.‘ “

This is an ethical or morale claim because the speaker is explaining how they are overall better as a person than they were before.

“When I asked the VA if the organization would treat kids for secondary trauma, its spokespeople stressed that it has made great strides in family services in recent years, rolling out its own program for couples’ counseling and parenting training.“

This is a causal claim. It goes into detail about how the spokespeople started to stress about the strides in the family because the speaker asked the VA if the organization would treat kids for secondary trauma

“That was the impetus for the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, which since 2005 has added 70 therapists to military installations around the country.“

This is a factual claim. It is something that will always be true and is something that you can back up with evidence.

“That was the impetus for the Marriage and Family Therapy Program, which since 2005 has added 70 therapists to military installations around the country. Mostly what the program provides is couples’ counseling. “

This could be used as a definition claim since it is technically defining what he program provides.

“But ‘if you asked the VA to treat your kids, they would think it was nonsense,’ says Hofstra’s Motta.“

This is an evaluative claim because she is judging how the VA doesn’t have respect for the kids

“though they note ‘this is a good time [for the VA] to make partners with the community so we can make good referrals.‘ “

This is a recommendation claim because she is trying to give advice or recommending that the VA make partners with the community.

“Children are ‘usually not’ treated, but when necessary referred to child psychiatrists—of which the Army has 31. Meanwhile, the Child, Adolescent and Family Behavioral Health Office has trained hundreds of counselors in schools with Army children in and around bases to try to identify and treat coping and behavioral problems early on.“

This is a comparative claim since it is comparing how the Child, Adolescent and Family Behavioral Health Office has helped and trained more kids than the army.