United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Up First from NPR. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Graham PlatnerPresumptive Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine
Platner recounts that he filed his first VA claim in 2013 and did not receive a final rating until the early 2020s.
“I think I filed my first claim in 2013, and it wasn't until the early 2020s that the VA finally gave me my final rating”
Up First from NPR: Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers (Jun 1, 2026) · Listen from 44:43
Platner proposes building an army of VA social workers to find veterans not receiving benefits they earned.
“building an army of social workers for the VA to go out into this country and find every single veteran who is not getting the benefits that they earned”
Up First from NPR: Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s Newsmakers (Jun 1, 2026) · Listen from 44:43
Podcasts
- Up First from NPR · 1 episode
Episodes
Can Graham Platner survive another controversy? | NPR’s NewsmakersUp First from NPR · Jun 1, 2026 · 48 min
Leila Fadel interviews Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner about his working-class politics, past controversies, masculinity, the Iran war, Pete Hegseth, and beating Susan Collins.