Late on Tuesday night, June 25, President Trump signed into law H.R.299, the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019, marking an end to the now-famous effort for Vietnam-era naval veterans to obtain disability benefits for conditions related to Agent Orange exposure. For over a decade, versions of this bill have been defeated and stalled […]

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For decades, water contamination on the country’s military bases has been left unaddressed. As a result, too many people have become sick because the military does not want to spend the money to decontaminate the groundwater. According to a Military Times article, Congress is particularly concerned about two chemical compounds, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also called PFAs. […]

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