Cleo Pascal

And these are the locations of battles like the Battle of Peleliu in Palau, for example.

Right now, I mentioned that they serve in the US military at very high rates.

They're such an integrated part of US defense that not only have they allowed the US to use their land,

to defend the US, including the Americans in Guam and CNMI, but also in Hawaii and the mainland.

But they've used their bodies.

They've physically served in the US military.

They've died for the US.

And part of the agreement is that they're supposed to get VA services

when they go back.

So if they have PTSD, for example, they should be able to get their drugs for PTSD.

And again, they're so integrated that the US Postal Service is domestic US mail in Palau, Federated States of Micronesia and Marshall Islands.

So it shouldn't be complicated.

And as part of the renewal of the agreements, Compacts of Free Association, this was promised to them.

And there's funding allocated for it.

But for some completely inconceivable reason, kind of lower level people in Veterans Affairs are blocking it.

And the result is that it's such a breach of trust because you have these people go from, for example, the Marshall Islands.

They serve in Afghanistan.

They serve in Iraq.

They come back home in need of help.

And the U.S.