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Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 14, 2020 a Facebook post:
“West Virginia has one of the greatest percentages of veterans in any state.”
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By Ivy Ward, Melissa Stone • October 15, 2020
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on June 1, 2019 a veterans event in California:
Says immigrant military service members applying for U.S. citizenship "are getting rejected at higher numbers than those who are not veterans."
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By Miriam Valverde • June 7, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2016 a speech:
"A shocking 20 veterans are committing suicide each and every day, especially our older veterans."
True
By Sean Gorman • July 14, 2016
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 27, 2014 her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention:
Dan Patrick was the only state senator "who voted against the Veteran Entrepreneurship Program, a program that assists veterans in successfully starting up their own businesses."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 3, 2014
Major Garrett
Major Garrett
stated on May 18, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"It's been nearly three weeks since the president has commented" on questions about possible hidden wait lists at veterans hospitals.
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By Jon Greenberg • May 20, 2014
John Scocos
John Scocos
stated on September 20, 2013 a statement:
"There are still tens of thousands of missing service members from previous and current conflicts that our nation is working to find and repatriate."  
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By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2013
Michelle Nunn
Michelle Nunn
stated on July 22, 2013 an interview:
Says by rejecting an expansion of Medicaid under the new law, Georgia was depriving 25,000 veterans of health care coverage.
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By Eric Stirgus • August 6, 2013
Tom Graves
Tom Graves
stated on April 23, 2013 a ZPolitics op-ed:
"Despite having their budget increased by over 40 percent since 2009 … pending claims for benefits with the (Department of Veterans Affairs) have increased from 391,000 to 890,000 under the Obama Administration."
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By Willoughby Mariano • April 30, 2013
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on November 19, 2012 a tweet:
Says veterans’ disability claims backlog doubled in Obama’s first term.
True
By Sue Owen • November 28, 2012
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
stated on July 23, 2012 an online video of an earlier speech:
"There are close to 900,000 unemployed veterans in America right now."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • August 3, 2012
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on May 14, 2012 an interview.:
President Obama budget request for veterans is "more than double the amount in constant dollars appropriated in 1980, when the veterans population was larger by a third."
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By Sean Gorman • June 4, 2012
Rush Holt
Rush Holt
stated on December 14, 2011 a press release:
"Before this day is out, 18 more veterans will have taken their own lives.  That is the daily average, it is intolerable, and it has to stop." 
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By Caryn Shinske • January 26, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 6, 2011 a Twitter town hall:
"Young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didn’t serve."
True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2011
Debbie Stabenow
Debbie Stabenow
stated on March 1, 2011 a news release:
A government shutdown "could disrupt ... veterans' benefits."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2011
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on September 22, 2010 a campaign ad:
"Decorated Marine, two-tour Iraq war vet."
True
By Joe Guillen • October 29, 2010
David Axelrod
David Axelrod
stated on August 13, 2009 in a chain e-mail:
Health care reform will not affect veterans' benefits.
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By Catharine Richert • August 14, 2009