[CPEO-MEF] HERBICIDES: "Senators Seek Compensation for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange in the U.S."

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Senators Seek Compensation for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange in the U.S.
VA Typically Provides Coverage for Vets Who Served in Vietnam

By Ben Kesling
Wall Street Journal
February 5, 2015 

Thousands of veterans likely exposed to Agent Orange during stateside service gained new momentum Wednesday in a yearslong fight for benefits and compensation after a group of senators highlighted the issue in a query to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Six senators, including the top-ranking Democrat on the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, sent an open letter to VA secretary Robert McDonald asking for compensation for as many as 2,100 veterans who served on Agent Orange-contaminated aircraft in the years following the Vietnam War.

The veterans served on C-123 cargo aircraft that had been used to spray toxic defoliants in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. The aircraft had been repurposed after the war and sent stateside for service.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wsj.com/articles/senators-seek-compensation-for-veterans-exposed-to-agent-orange-in-the-u-s-1423174853

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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