State Department Story by KATV Reporter Anne Pressly

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• Description : Anne Pressly Channel 7 News Little...(more) Rock, Arkansas A state department special agent from Arkansas is battling one of the largest bureaucracies in the world on behalf of his wife. George Word says his wife, Connie didn't get the health care promised by the state department when she suffered a debilitating brain injury. Connie Word is in a persistent vegative state. She has been for 6-years, but her husband says were it not for the negligence of the federal government, Connie could have had a nearly full recovery from her brain injury and a chance at a normal life. George wants accountability from the state department, something his U.S. senators have been able to help him get, despite their repeated efforts. While Connie Word is fighting for her life, her husband, George, is fighting one of the most powerful bureaucracies in the world, the U.S. State Department. Connie suffered a heart attack while George was serving as Chief Security Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe. The 44-year-old was walking the couple's children to the school bus stop when she collapsed. (less)