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Veterans from 1960s chemical tests press for help

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WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers and veterans of secret Cold War-era chemical and germ tests on military personnel demanded help from the Bush administration Thursday, but they got no satisfaction.

Officials from the Pentagon and Veterans Affairs Department said there was no need for legislation to guarantee health care and benefits to the veterans. Thousands of servicemembers were exposed, often without their knowledge, to real and simulated chemical and biological agents, including sarin and VX.

The tests were conducted at sea and above a half-dozen U.S. states from 1962-1973 to see how U.S. ships would withstand chemical and germ assaults and how such weapons would disperse.
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3 responses // Veterans from 1960s chemical tests press for help

  • Wow...I already knew our government denied help to the homeless, to the poor, to the average person and to 9/11 workers, but this has gone too far. Only the wealthy are worthy of living, apparently.
    PoisonTheMonkey
  • OF COURSE! they exposed the troops to chemicals without their knowing!!!

    what did you expect...for them to take care of the reprocussions of poisoning their own men?

    yeah...
    MissAmanda
  • That's why every generation of kids shouldn't be gung-ho to go to war!
    Cynic2

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