[CPEO-MEF] Agent Orange veterans

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Key US lawmaker vows to back veterans sickened by Agent Orange

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan
Marianas Variety (Northern Marianas)
November 19, 2007

THE chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs vowed to look 
into the use of Agent Orange on Guam and support the claims of veterans 
who developed diseases resulting from their exposure to herbicides and 
other toxic chemicals while stationed in the territory during the 
Vietnam conflict.

"I believe all veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange, and who 
developed illnesses as a result of that exposure, deserve to receive 
disability benefits and compensation for their sacrifice," said 
committee chairman Rep. Bob Filner, D-Ca.

"Please rest assured that I will continue to work hard to honor our 
nation’s promise to care for our veterans and provide them the benefits 
they earned and deserve," Filner stated in an Oct. 24  letter, 
responding to a veteran’s request that Guam be included in the list of 
locations under investigation for herbicide contamination.

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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