{"id":1003606,"date":"2019-02-05T21:16:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T01:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003606"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:02","slug":"the-real-state-of-the-union-person-who-works-with-wounded-veteran-students-its-live-or-die-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-person-who-works-with-wounded-veteran-students-its-live-or-die-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION: Person Who Works With Wounded Veteran Students: \u2018It\u2019s Live Or Die For Them\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Take a break from Trump and hear from regular Americans about the real state of our Union. Watch Garrett Anderson, who works with wounded veterans in higher education, talk about how veterans are struggling to get by after not receiving the GI Bill benefits they deserve due to delays at Trump\u2019s VA.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It&#8217;s live or die for them, if they\u2019re not getting those payments, which I\u2019m not really sure why the federal government or the GI Bill benefits aren&#8217;t receiving these payments.\u201d &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1063084997421215745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1063084997421215745&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549982871250000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGto0eRLQWMi-yeZhxbPf-sef1-Vw\"> Garrett Anderson, Chez Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1063084997421215745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1063084997421215745&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549982871250000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGto0eRLQWMi-yeZhxbPf-sef1-Vw\">WATCH HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1063084997421215745\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1063084997421215745&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549982871250000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGto0eRLQWMi-yeZhxbPf-sef1-Vw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/qCL-2D4--STDWnhY_3r3EVZ1K9GSQDp1i2ImV9Om0njrKKceO9pNbsT80YYSygXm0a6Xz-v5hgw84NjUleS3YN48zdYR8nI2HK1Q5wHb-AjQAQDLa6EngVNAUHA5519PDhTzoB4u\" width=\"501\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a break from Trump and hear from regular Americans about the real state of our Union. Watch Garrett Anderson, who works with wounded veterans in higher education, talk about how veterans are struggling to get by after not receiving the GI Bill benefits they deserve due to delays at Trump\u2019s VA. &#8220;It&#8217;s live or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION: Person Who Works With Wounded Veteran Students: \u2018It\u2019s Live Or Die For Them\u2019 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-person-who-works-with-wounded-veteran-students-its-live-or-die-for-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-06T01:16:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:10:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/qCL-2D4--STDWnhY_3r3EVZ1K9GSQDp1i2ImV9Om0njrKKceO9pNbsT80YYSygXm0a6Xz-v5hgw84NjUleS3YN48zdYR8nI2HK1Q5wHb-AjQAQDLa6EngVNAUHA5519PDhTzoB4u\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-person-who-works-with-wounded-veteran-students-its-live-or-die-for-them\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-person-who-works-with-wounded-veteran-students-its-live-or-die-for-them\/\",\"name\":\"THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION: Person Who Works With Wounded Veteran Students: \u2018It\u2019s Live Or Die For Them\u2019 - 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