{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://westerman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/westerman-announces-nominations-military-academies-0", "Westerman Announces Nominations to Military Academies", "2020-12-15", "2020", "2020-12", "Republican", "House", "AR", "Bruce Westerman", "W000821", "westerman.house.gov", "westerman", "https://westerman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) announced the Fourth District's student nominations to military academies. Westerman issued the following statement:\n\n\"I'd like to encourage all Fourth District students interested in serving their country to consider attending a military academy. America's freedom and values depend on the courage of young people who put on a uniform and fight to protect liberty. U.S. military academies offer unparalleled opportunities to serve while obtaining a fully-funded, top-notch education.\"\n\nBackground\n\nTo attend a U.S. service academy, students must be nominated by either the vice president, their senator or their representative. All interested candidates are seniors in high school or currently attending an Academy Preparatory School, and they fill out a packet and submit it through their elected representative's office.\n\nThe nomination deadline was Nov. 1, 2020. Below are the students Westerman nominated to military academies:\n\nHarrison Brownlee from Hot Springs, nominated to the U.S. Military Academy\n\nDavid Carter from Hot Springs, nominated to the Merchant Marine Academy and Naval Academy\n\nSamuel Bell from Norman, nominated to the Air Force Academy, U.S. Military Academy and Naval Academy\n\nDaniel Stuckey from Rison, nominated to the Air Force Academy\n\nAdrian Post from Altus, nominated to the Air Force Academy\n\nCody Lambert from Redfield, nominated to the Air Force Academy\n\nAngie Saldana from Magnolia, nominated to the Air Force Academy", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-28T00:42:23Z"]], "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://westerman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/westerman-announces-nominations-military-academies-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2528253719210625, "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"}