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C-123 Vets Could Win Changes On Agent Orange Exposure Soon

Agent Orange Dioxin Kills
Ohio Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown says he talked to VA Secretary McDonald about the issue personally. ā€œHow do we make this up to them in the quickest, best possible way?ā€ he said in an interview with WYSO. In a Veterans Affairs committee meeting Thursday morning, McDonald for...
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Congressional Testimony>>>Oversight Hearing: VA Disability Compensation: Presumptive Disability Decision-Making

Testimony Statement by DianeĀ Bild, M.D., M.P.H. Associate Director for Prevention and Population Sciences National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Oversight Hearing: VA Disability Compensation: Presumptive Disability Decision-Making...
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Agent Orange Tested in Panama in the 1960’s and 70’s

http://www.panna.org/resources/gpc/gpc_199908.09.2.19.dv.html This article is from the Global Pesticide Campaigner (Volume 09, Number 2), August 1999. The complete issue is available. More about the Global Pesticide Campaigner. News Note: Agent Orange in Panama The Dallas Morning...
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Agent Orange Okinawa: Pentagon denies burying defoliant

The Pentagon has once again denied allegations that the U.S. military buried the highly toxic defoliant Agent Orange in Okinawa, the Foreign Ministry said. “The U.S. Department of Defense said that it once again reviewed past records and found no documents confirming that...
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Agent Orange Okinawa: Okinawan mayor urges probe into Agent Orange allegations

ā€œI was stunned,ā€ Noguni said. ā€œBut when you see what had happened on Camp Lester, it is something that is very highly likely.ā€ A local mayor is urging the Japanese government to investigate whether the U.S. buried dozens of barrels of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War at a...
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H.R.812 Latest Title: Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011

H.R.812 Latest Title: Agent Orange Equity Act of 2011 Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 2/18/2011) Cosponsors (None) Latest Major Action: 2/18/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. TEXT OF THE BILL:...
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