President Joe Biden travelled to Texas on Tuesday to call for new measures to protect veterans exposed to toxic burn pits during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Burn pits were widely used on the bases and battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan as a means of disposing refuse—anything from daily trash, to tires, batteries, and plastics. The giant garbage dumps were lit with either diesel or jet fuel and servicemembers couldn’t help but breathe in the fumes. Biden is calling for the passage of two bipartisan bills in Congress that would take a number of steps to increase access to Veterans Affairs (VA) medical care for veterans exposed to burn pits. “These are bills that unite the American people. These are the bills that will deliver necessary care for our veterans and their families,” Biden said during a speech at the Resource Connection of Tarrant County in Fort Worth, Texas. “Let’s …
RSS Feed | The Epoch Times