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Our Press Release: Statement on the Government Shutdown
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ana Cobian, Ward Circle Strategies: 323-360-1827 ana.cobian@wardcirclestrategies.com Government Shutdown Delays GI Bill Payments, Leaving Veterans and Families Without Support Veterans Advocate Urges Congress to End the Shutdown and Restore VA’s GI [...]
Our Press Release: GI Bill Payment Delays During Government Shutdown
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ana Cobian, Ward Circle Strategies: 323-360-1827 ana.cobian@wardcirclestrategies.com GI Bill Payments Missing, Leaving Student Veterans & Survivors of Service Members in Limbo for School & Housing Veterans advocate calls for GI Benefits [...]
Our Press Release: House of Prayer Indictments – Scam Veterans, Face Justice: Indictments in House of Prayer Case Send Strong Message—But Enforcement Threatened
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Ana Cobian- ana.cobian@wardcirclestrategies.com, (323) 360-1827 AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS: Veterans from Across the Country Veterans defrauded by the House of Prayer Christian Bible Church (HOPCC) are available for interviews—along with policy experts from [...]
Our Statement on the House of Prayer Indictments, September 2025
IN RESPONSE TO INDICTMENT OF HOUSE OF PRAYER ON FRAUD & TAX CHARGES SCAMMED VETERANS & THEIR ADVOCATES CELEBRATE LAW ENFORCEMENT WIN BUT WARN HOUSE OF PRAYER CASE SHOWS FED GOV’T OVERSIGHT NEEDED TO PREVENT [...]
Our Press Release: San Antonio Army Veteran Left with $400,000 in Debt After Attending Government-Approved Sham School
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Ana Cobian ana.cobian@wardcirclestrategies.com, 323-360-1827 San Antonio Army Veteran Left with $400,000 in Debt After Attending Government-Approved Sham School Army Veteran to Testify at Federal Virtual Hearing Thursday: Dismantling Department of Education Oversight [...]
Our Press Release: Arizona Army Veteran/Purple Heart Recipient Left With a Useless Degree & Wasted G.I. Benefits After Attending Government-Approved Sham School
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Ana Cobian, ana.cobian@wardcirclestrategies.com, 323-360-1827 Arizona Army Veteran/Purple Heart Recipient Left With a Useless Degree & Wasted G.I. Benefits After Attending Government-Approved Sham School Army Veteran to Testify at Federal Virtual Hearing Thursday, [...]
Our Press Release: Important New Analysis as Congress Undertakes Revisions to Title IV New Report Analyzes GI Bill Lessons for Higher Education Oversight
May 22, 2025 For Immediate Release Important New Analysis as Congress Undertakes Revisions to Title IV New Report Analyzes GI Bill Lessons for Higher Education Oversight Washington, DC – As the U.S. Senate Committee on [...]
Our Press Release: Reports Reveal Systemic Failures in VA’s Oversight of Veterans’ Education Funding
At a time when executive branch leaders have told senior staff at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to prepare cuts of approximately 80,000 employees at the agency, today, Veterans Education Success released three damning reports enumerating how the current VA education office staffing and oversight has been woefully inadequate amid troubling examples of negligence – and even outright conflicts of interest.
In-Depth Study of Post-9/11 GI Bill Finds Better Completion Rates and Higher Earnings for Veterans at Nonprofit and Public (especially Flagship) Postsecondary Institutions than at For-Profit Schools and Lower Earnings for Those Who Skip Their GI Bill
Embargoed until July 10, 2024, at Noon (ET) For more information, contact: Dana Tofig, American Institutes for Research, dtofig@air.org Julie Iriondo, U.S. Census Bureau, iriondo@census.gov Washington, DC – (July 10, 2024) Two reports released today provide new evidence [...]
Our Statement on House Passage of HR 1767 to Restore GI Bill Benefits to Defrauded Veterans
For Immediate Release April 30, 2024 Statement on HR 1767 “We are pleased that the House of Representatives took an important first step today in providing the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with the authority to restore [...]
Our Press Release: Legal Expert and Student Veterans Available for Interviews: Defrauded Veterans Speak Out About Sham Colleges & Need to Strengthen Accreditation & Licensing to Protect Students
Contact: Ana Cobian (323) 360-1827 ana.cobian@wardcirclestrategies.com LEGAL EXPERT AND STUDENT VETERANS AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS Defrauded Veterans Speak Out About Sham Colleges & Need to Strengthen Accreditation & Licensing to Protect Students WASHINGTON, DC—In the wake [...]
Our Press Release: Progress in the Fight Against GI Bill Fraud & Scam Schools
Contact; Ana Cobian (323)360-1827 ana.cobian@wardcirclestrategies.com INDEPENDENCE DAY— GOOD NEWS HOOK PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST GI BILL FRAUD & SCAM SCHOOLS Fourth of July Good News: As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, there is some [...]
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