{"id":1003097,"date":"2018-12-07T10:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003097"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:12:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:12:26","slug":"real-stories-veterans-hurt-by-gi-bill-delays-at-trumps-va-run-by-his-mar-a-lago-cronies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-veterans-hurt-by-gi-bill-delays-at-trumps-va-run-by-his-mar-a-lago-cronies\/","title":{"rendered":"REAL STORIES: Veterans Hurt By GI Bill Delays At Trump\u2019s VA, Run By His Mar-A-Lago Cronies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump\u2019s Department of Veterans Affairs is being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/va-shadow-rulers-had-sway-over-contracting-and-budgeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/va-shadow-rulers-had-sway-over-contracting-and-budgeting&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426574089000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGu_km0hGK0CL4NPg0E0GeObwSwtg\">steered <\/a>by three of his Mar-a-Lago cronies with no relevant experience. Meanwhile, veterans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/va-shadow-rulers-had-sway-over-contracting-and-budgeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/va-shadow-rulers-had-sway-over-contracting-and-budgeting&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426574089000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGu_km0hGK0CL4NPg0E0GeObwSwtg\">not been able<\/a> to get the GI Bill payments they need and earned because of failures at Trump\u2019s VA.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Veterans across the country are speaking out:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1011now.com\/content\/news\/GI-Bill-glitch-causes-delay-in-payments--501828771.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.1011now.com\/content\/news\/GI-Bill-glitch-causes-delay-in-payments--501828771.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426574089000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHRNdqtLP9fQep8vjQqizS1xK0ugw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/s-QDJFJziscVhbKR7Wzbpav_NcXiK8ceAoMjHcb93bZP3bX-1YO1emePe9AvkZFE_6yIWBe-wDbJ9PE4nKmBnbs_HN6MqJGWFyT9byeFdWZC8TtWszw-sWwWibTc8G3raQjvZ7MN\" width=\"515\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI was a U.S. Navy corpsman, attached to 111, an artillery battalion with the Marines on the west coast. \u2026 I was supposed to get federal aid, FAFSA, that was supposed to come from the school, after the GI was to pay the school in full, and it was to come in the form of a refund check. I was planning on using that money to pay off some things, maybe save away, just in case something like this happened.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/news\/veterans-struggle-to-get-benefits-from-va-due-to-computer\/article_e0f7531c-f73a-11e8-907c-cb6087f79f6d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/news\/veterans-struggle-to-get-benefits-from-va-due-to-computer\/article_e0f7531c-f73a-11e8-907c-cb6087f79f6d.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426574089000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHxnvKdXkkpMVWnCQWAawdpPZ9zFA\">Navy veteran<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/nHfV-zZZ0oapqxUQkBSzAd6QsiE2bPzToHQOSYTZKunJZJq6fKvkyiJAAvgFF8Ld6euDrVp0ZbxRpLFFo53yqUG7OeUBKagVcASaL4mFVewkX6yVMxhkE23tYDsTTAfkjXsWAB1c\" width=\"508\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis was definitely causing a lot of stress to a lot of different people. When you serve in the military, you don\u2019t want to be thinking hey I am not going to be able to take care of my family.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs46.com\/news\/veterans-and-advocates-offer-advice-on-working-with-the-va\/article_168fbf42-f569-11e8-8198-2bd184f200b8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cbs46.com\/news\/veterans-and-advocates-offer-advice-on-working-with-the-va\/article_168fbf42-f569-11e8-8198-2bd184f200b8.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426574089000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGBNivh4pVExDHQVbPmqyGDSQSSSA\">Army veteran<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/MfUpuq2lBApI7YtFuBA6hp4B8g5-yAzJE71Zb0wZxCp8rYB7RUM9pTU-nE9ymKtXpivrzLdegg5YKAa9tQxVB_mXjXSOt6Do3QrwdHRNhqiGzg-gEFo9UF1rCLzEOkCOMkSF9SYy\" width=\"531\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThey\u2019re having to take second jobs. They\u2019re nervous about making payments. The hardship they\u2019ve gone through is just extraordinary.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsmv.com\/news\/veteran-students-experience-delays-to-gi-bill-payments\/article_1cc33d14-f1ca-11e8-a874-43a4cb81d6b6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wsmv.com\/news\/veteran-students-experience-delays-to-gi-bill-payments\/article_1cc33d14-f1ca-11e8-a874-43a4cb81d6b6.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426574090000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHnIhbMOMP9tF90q-O2qtcaVXk33w\">Middle Tennessee State Veterans and Military Family Center Director <\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/SDDbTh9ow5q_VnY_nLUVcoQFqkuvAhquR0CHklzUhjmaBrAfC8JHlcGxLkDERwDS0FyoHYCzyJ2o9UjJIx8yBbshbQ3g4Be1v3ifjbk6JeBs7rSz8ScFt23wpfwY7Z9-4gZRqDJt\" width=\"516\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI told them I was going to fall behind on my mortgage. I was expecting to be paid by the VA, but since it wasn\u2019t happening, I needed to get to work.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/2018\/11\/28\/post-911-gi-bill-delay-veterans-affairs\/2068701002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/2018\/11\/28\/post-911-gi-bill-delay-veterans-affairs\/2068701002\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426574090000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH3n9tgHK9OiGHRyeWlP4wwCKEDmg\">Army veteran<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/akWW23OtQLQOFa7yVUfOLwtpzwLOC8RkdElT_Pt2DKVBpfsZo0XmpMMWyqUPMQuOZRpvkA3UN9Mx0xdtlQAXiyOTPozHqVWykWvPdT7j8WzHgrt_TYxhK0cXU_vtmx6oF9Xwge4j\" width=\"520\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFor weeks and months, people have been stressing out, and some haven\u2019t known if they would eat. \u2026 I have one week left, and my tuition is still not paid.\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/education\/gi-bill-long-island-veterans-1.24227607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/education\/gi-bill-long-island-veterans-1.24227607&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426574090000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHksI4tH8dfDP9hOrIdrSQndRtrdg\">Iraq war veteran<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was really bad because we didn\u2019t have a nest egg and had to start borrowing from family, which is not good. \u2026 And when I called the VA, they didn\u2019t have a time frame for when the money would start coming, so I had no way of knowing. Would it be another month? Two months?\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/education\/gi-bill-long-island-veterans-1.24227607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/long-island\/education\/gi-bill-long-island-veterans-1.24227607&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545426574090000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHksI4tH8dfDP9hOrIdrSQndRtrdg\">Army veteran<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump\u2019s Department of Veterans Affairs is being steered by three of his Mar-a-Lago cronies with no relevant experience. Meanwhile, veterans have not been able to get the GI Bill payments they need and earned because of failures at Trump\u2019s VA. Veterans across the country are speaking out: \u201cI was a U.S. Navy corpsman, attached to [&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-1003097","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>REAL STORIES: Veterans Hurt By GI Bill Delays At Trump\u2019s VA, Run By His Mar-A-Lago Cronies - 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\/real-stories-veterans-hurt-by-gi-bill-delays-at-trumps-va-run-by-his-mar-a-lago-cronies\/\" \/>\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=\"2018-12-07T14:30:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:12:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/s-QDJFJziscVhbKR7Wzbpav_NcXiK8ceAoMjHcb93bZP3bX-1YO1emePe9AvkZFE_6yIWBe-wDbJ9PE4nKmBnbs_HN6MqJGWFyT9byeFdWZC8TtWszw-sWwWibTc8G3raQjvZ7MN\" \/>\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\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-veterans-hurt-by-gi-bill-delays-at-trumps-va-run-by-his-mar-a-lago-cronies\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-veterans-hurt-by-gi-bill-delays-at-trumps-va-run-by-his-mar-a-lago-cronies\/\",\"name\":\"REAL STORIES: Veterans Hurt By GI Bill Delays At Trump\u2019s VA, Run By His Mar-A-Lago Cronies - 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