Mayes Stands Up for Army Vet

Arizona Attorney General (AG) Kris Mayes applauded the recent Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) decision to give full education benefits to the retired Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yoon.

LTC (Ret.) Yoon served in the Army for 24 years, making him qualified for the Post-9/11 GI and Montgomery GI Bills to receive 48 months of education benefits based on the length of his service.

However, Yoon claimed that the VA denied him the ability to transfer the benefits to his daughter, which flies in the face of Rudisill v. McDonough.

AG Mayes joined a bipartisan coalition of every Attorney General in the Union under the banner of Virginia's AG Jason Miyares to demand that the Yoons receive the full measure of benefits.

"Veterans put their lives on the line in service to us and to our country," said AG Mayes... READ MORE

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The Snakebite is written by Grayson Bakich and Javier Manjarres