SAN FRANCISCO - Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with staff and veterans at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center to honor them on Thursday's Purple Heart Day.

"A day of action to improve the policies, improve the budget...to stop the privatization that the Republicans are advocating for," Rep. Pelosi said.

The Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, are implementing plans to cut tens of thousands of jobs, and this week, revealed plans to end most union contracts.

San Francisco Army veteran John Carter Fisher says the VA services have been essential for his physical and mental healthcare.

"I'm so scared the veterans after me aren't going to get that because of Trump and DOGE," Fisher said.

Some veterans say they are seeing the impa

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