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Article: CLINTON PROPOSAL URGES COMPENSATION FOR VETS.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 29, 1996
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Byline: The Washington Post with staff reports
WASHINGTON -- President Clinton announced Tuesday he has directed the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer compensation to all Vietnam veterans who get prostate cancer or a rare nerve disease, citing a study that shows a possible but inconclusive link between the diseases and exposure to Agent Orange.
Clinton also said he would ask Congress to pass legislation providing benefits to children of Vietnam veterans who were born with spina bifida, a birth defect that also has been linked tentatively with a parent's exposure to the toxic defoliant used to destroy jungles in Vietnam between 1965 and 1970.
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