President Biden visited a VA clinic in Fort Worth on Tuesday to push for greater recognition of the illnesses caused by exposure to burn pits. | via keranews
President Joe Biden speaks about expanding access to health care and benefits for veterans affected by military environmental exposures at the Resource Connection of Tarrant County in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, March 8, 2022.That geekiness served him in his job as an I.T. specialist during his time in Afghanistan, where he was exposed to burn pits. Those were smoldering piles of garbage and chemicals the U.S. military used to burn waste like petroleum, plastic and even human feces.
President Biden came to Fort Worth on Tuesday to push for greater recognition of the illnesses caused by exposure to burn pits. He toured a VA clinic and then made an appearance before a crowd at the"When the evidence doesn't give a clear answer one way or another, the decision we should favor is caring for our veterans while we continue to learn more,” Biden said, to applause.
Barriers to getting benefits can prevent some from even applying for them, including Fort Worth City Council member Elizabeth Beck. She spoke before the president on Tuesday, recalling her service in Iraq in 2005, when she'd wake up nearly every morning coughing and blowing “black matter” out of her nose.
“We’ve fought overseas, only to come home and wage another battle: one to have our illnesses recognized,” she said. “We’ve waded through paperwork, we’ve waited on hold, just to be told the connection was too tenuous or the time too far removed.”
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