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The 1991 Persian Gulf War has been followed by 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 1991 Persian Gulf War has been followed by 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans. Many came home physically ill, complaining of symptoms such as memory loss and joint pain. They were told it was all in their heads.
The veterans scored a legislative victory in 1998 with the passage of legislation that created the advisory panel that made the recent recommendations. In 2004, acting on its recommendations, then-VA Secretary Anthony Principi said that the agency would no longer pay for studies that seek to show stress is the primary cause. It's not immediately clear whether Peake will act on the most recent ...
A high-profile advisory panel to Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake affirmed previous research that a collection of symptoms commonly known as Gulf War illnesses are real and require treatment.
The Kuala Lumpur High Court has acquitted Irene Fernandez, co-founder and executive director of Tenaganita. The first words as she was congratulated, Irene said, "I am free! At last I am free!"
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 1991 Persian Gulf War has been followed by 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans. John Schwertfager heads the advocacy group Ohio Gulf War Veterans. He says many of the veterans who came home physically ill were told it was all in their heads.
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Ground combat in the 1991 Persian Gulf War lasted just 100 hours, but it's meant 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans.
Mon, Dec 1, 2008 (12:51 a.m.) Ground combat in the 1991 Persian Gulf War lasted just 100 hours, but it's meant 17 years of pain and anguish for hundreds of thousands of veterans.
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