News & Opinion
No more waiting for poisoned Marines
Washington, DC,
August 2, 2012
Better 30 years late than never. Monday, the House of Representatives sent a widely supported bill to the president that would grant health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs to all troops and family members affected by chemical water contamination aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune during a period stretching from the 1950s to the 1980s–a pool that could include up to 750,000 people.
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