{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://westerman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/westerman-announces-nominations-military-academies", "Westerman Announces Nominations to Military Academies", "2019-12-16", "2019", "2019-12", "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, 2019. Below are the students Westerman nominated to military academies:\n\nSamuel Tankersley from Pearcy, nominated to the Air Force Academy and U.S. Military Academy\n\nJacob Tankersley from Pearcy, nominated to the Air Force Academy and U.S. Military Academy\n\nJohn Butler from Hot Springs, nominated to the Naval Academy\n\nDavid Carter from Hot Springs, nominated to the Naval Academy, U.S. Military Academy, Air Force Academy and Massanutten Military Academy\n\nDaniel Moore from Pine Bluff, nominated to the U.S. Military Academy\n\nWyatt Hubby from Texarkana, nominated to the U.S. Military Academy\n\nBryant Burns from Ozark, nominated to the U.S. Military Academy\n\nHayden Foster from White Hall, nominated to the U.S. Military Academy\n\nMarc Wilson from Mena, nominated to the U.S. Military Academy, Air Force Academy and Naval Academy\n\nDaniel Woolsey from Ozark, nominated to the Naval Academy, U.S. Military Academy and Air Force Academy\n\nEsther Filipek from Bismark, nominated to the Air Force Academy\n\nSarah Xie from White Hall, nominated to the U.S. Military Academy\n\nCannon Turner from Arkadelphia, nominated to the Air Force Academy", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"]], "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"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.479550963267684, "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"}