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Stewart loudly protested when Republicans blocked the veterans' health care measure last week.
The gloating was particularly hard to take after Republicans blocked medical help for vets, many of whom are suffering from cancer.
Joe Biden sees parallels between the toxins that have stricken so many 9/11 responders with cancer, and the toxins his son, Beau, breathed in Iraq before he died of cancer last year.
It's no secret that US military operations can be harmful to the environment. US military presence and interventions often leave environmental health problems for both soldiers and the local population.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
This week's NATO summit on the future of the war in Afghanistan probably did not get to the matter of burn pits or abandoned latrines. These are the details of hell. They are also our legacy, in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Our military has already chosen to die for their country -- but does that include by the hand of Big Pharma too?