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Dear Veterans Affairs, We just want to talk: Signed The Vets

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At 7:30, a small contingent of seven protesters, most of them veterans moved around to the I Street entrance of the building where employees and civilians who have been granted entrance had been directed to go, in order to avoid having to face the consequences of their inaction and apathy.

Pat made the morning fun by heckling V.A. employees shouting "we have facial recognition technologies, too."


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"We're out here until some one comes out here and talk to these Veterans about the Veteran Suicide Crisis, ending these wars, benefits that matter, and real treatment for PTSD," said Lacy MacAuley, 33.

One V.A. employee responded to her friend, "oh, they're just out here protesting to be protesting," showing how little regard and interest the V.A. employees have for the veterans they are supposed to serve.


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However, to be fair, another V.A. employee offered the protesters outside the door an untouched box of doughnuts from Krispy Cream.

At 9am, a group meeting was held at the Vermont entrance of the building where they reopened discussion on the issue of permanent occupation.


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