{"id":2645,"date":"2007-12-17T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/12\/denish-helps-unite-wounded-iraq-veteran-with-family\/"},"modified":"2007-12-17T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-17T16:02:00","slug":"denish-helps-unite-wounded-iraq-veteran-with-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2007\/12\/denish-helps-unite-wounded-iraq-veteran-with-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Denish helps unite wounded Iraq veteran with family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R2adysTQ6qI\/AAAAAAAAEPY\/n0XgQ4OzBK8\/s1600-h\/Denish,+Diane.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R2adysTQ6qI\/AAAAAAAAEPY\/n0XgQ4OzBK8\/s200\/Denish,+Diane.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144973118528350882\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Lt. Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ltgovernor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diane Denish<\/a> has stepped up in a big way to help unite a wounded <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:country-region st=\"on\">Iraq<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place> veteran with his family this Christmas.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Army Private James Browning was wounded during a firefight in <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> earlier this year. Twelve of his fellow soldiers died; only two survived. Since then, Browning has battled post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury. He\u2019s currently at <st1:placetype st=\"on\">Fort<\/st1:placetype> <st1:placename st=\"on\">Hood<\/st1:placename> in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and was recently granted holiday leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">His family, however, was unable to afford a ticket home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">During an open house for Presbyterian Medical Services\u2019 Veteran and Family Support Services, Denish learned of the situation from Browning\u2019s mother, Robin Simmons, according to a news release from Denish\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A social worker with PMS\u2019 veterans\u2019 program asked numerous charities, agencies and businesses for help with a plane ticket, but came up empty. But when Denish learned of the situation, she bought the plane ticket herself \u2013 with personal funds. The total, according to Denish spokeswoman Kate Nelson, was about $495.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI know how important it is for families to be together during the holiday season,\u201d Denish said in the release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Browning was set to arrive in <st1:city st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Albuquerque<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As the niece of the late businessman Bill Daniels, Denish had plenty of opportunities to witness such charity as a child. Her uncle would surprise blue-collar workers with airplane tickets and large tips during the holiday season, according to the news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThis reminded me of my Uncle Bill,\u201d Denish said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lt. Gov. Diane Denish has stepped up in a big way to help unite a wounded Iraq veteran with his family this Christmas. Army Private James Browning was wounded during a firefight in Iraq earlier this year. Twelve of his fellow soldiers died; only two survived. Since then, Browning has battled post-traumatic stress disorder and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}