{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://graves.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/graves-announces-nominations-us-military-academies-0", "Graves Announces Nominations to U.S. Military Academies", "2020-12-04", "2020", "2020-12", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Sam Graves", "G000546", "graves.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "KANSAS CITY, MO U.S. Representative Sam Graves (MO-06) has announced United States Military Service Academy nominations for students in Missouri's Sixth Congressional District. Each year, members of Congress are tasked with selecting qualified students from their respective districts to attend one of America's prestigious military academies.\n\"I am deeply proud of these extraordinary young men and women who have stepped forward to serve our great nation, said Rep. Graves, who notified each student by phone of their nomination. Each of them has excelled as a leader both in the classroom and in their communities. I know all of them will go on to make North Missouri and our entire country proud at their respective service academies and beyond.\nThe following students from across North Missouri received nominations from Congressman Graves:\nOwen Carillo, Liberty  US Military Academy (Liberty High School)\nAidan Dougherty, Kansas City  US Naval Academy (North Kansas City High School)\nDylan Howard, Kansas City  US Military Academy (Staley High School)\nMaddie Klippenstein, Platte City  US Naval Academy (Platte County High School)\nChristopher Langston, Lee's Summit  US Air Force Academy (Blue Springs South High School)\nRyan McCain, Lee's Summit  US Air Force Academy (Lee's Summit North High School)\nBrock Miller, Paris  US Air Force Academy and US Merchant Marine Academy (Paris High School)\nMadison Schmude, Kansas City  US Merchant Marine Academy (Staley High School)\nThe nomination system is a very competitive process.Various military academies hold extremely selective admission standards. To help in the nomination process, Rep. Graves created an Academy Nominations Review Board.The board, made up of service academy graduates and citizens of the Sixth District, interviewed and reviewed all applicants before making final recommendations to Rep. Graves.\nStudents interested in being appointed to a service academy in the future can find out more information by contacting Graves' district office in Kansas City or by visitingwww.graves.house.gov.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://graves.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/graves-announces-nominations-us-military-academies-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0206541046500206, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}