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Filner Goes One Step Further

New Agent Orange Act to cover all veterans exposed to Agent Orange,
regardless of place or time

A Filner response and statement dated August 20, 2008

INFORMATION ON HR-6562
Congressman Filner unveils New Legislative Proposal 6562
The Initial Agent Orange Equity Act
Update from Army Times
FRA Legislative Contact Site

What are the steps in creating legislation?

Department of Veterans Affairs Intends to Strip
John McCain of Vietnam Veteran Title
NVLSP and BWN Are Fighting Hard
to Save John McCain's Vietnam War Veteran Status
Support Travel Reimbursement for veterans seen for medical care.
Bob Filner Letter of Support to Bill Fryday
Blue Water Navy still covered for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
Agent Orange in the water and on the wind
Reports of thousands of gallons of
Agent Orange dumped into the Gulf of Tonkin
Navy announces Treasure Island Toxic Hazards - Dioxins
A Letter of Support from Congressman Bob Filner
National Academy of Science pays for
Agent Orange tests in the Philippines -1972
Veterans not entitled to mental health care, U.S. lawyers argue on Feb 5
VA Admits: No Scientific Reason to Exclude Blue Water Navy
Research shows how Dioxin (TCDD) Works
HR 5892 addresses keeping a claim open upon the death of the veteran
Blue Water Navy submits The Agent Orange Fair Compensation Act
to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans Affairs
The Guam Contamination Reports
More Vietnam veterans confirm Agent Orange use in Guam
BLUE WATER NAVY IN THE NEWS
Are Veterans Targeted for Triage? - by Professor Eugene Narrett
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NEWS AND INFORMATION MARQUEE

Veterans Health Awareness

Congressman Filner Introduces HR-2254 Senator Gillibrand Introduces S-1939 The Agent Orange Act of 2009

Wording of each bill was identical when introduced.

Filner Promises Committee Hearings on H-2254 in early May

March 30, 2010

UPDATE! Map Showing House Co-Sponsors for H-2254 The Agent Orange Act of 2009 March 26, 2010 Update

UPDATE! Map Showing Senate Co-Sponsors for S1939 The Agent Orange Act of 2009 March 26 Update

July 26, 2010

12 July 2010

July 7, 2010

June 30, 2010

This provides a Combined List of All Ships on the Presumption of Exposure List per the two releases for ships under Policy 211 and TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO if you were on one of these ships

June 29, 2010

New Form and Procedural Change Announced by VA

April 23, 2010

March 30 Letter from Senator Akaka to VA Secretary Shinseki expressing concerns with the errors in Blue Water Navy claims following their release from the Haas Stay

April 5, 2010

April 4, 2010

Comp & Pen releases it's first list of Blue Water Navy ships that served in Vietnam's brown water

Jan 21, 2010

THE COSTS OF WAR: What is the Cost of H-2254 and S-1939? With Cost Summary

Jan 15, 2010

Jan. 3, 2010

Jan 1, 2010

Senator Gillibrand's Article in the Times Union, Albany, NY VIETNAM VETERANS DESERVE BETTER

Dec. 7, 2009

Blue Water Navy Association Completes Boots-On-Ground Project

Gillibrand Introduces S-1939 Agent Orange Act of 2009

Oct 27, 2009

Oct 23, 2009

Oct 22, 2009

Oct 13, 2009

Oct 2, 2009

Sept 29, 2009

A Chink in the Armor? Jury finds agency, DuPont negligent in land case

Aug 28, 2009

The VA Compensation & Pension Service Bulletin - August, 2009

Aug 24, 2009

Aug 22 - John Paul Rossie

Aug 21 - Wall Street Journal

Veterans appeal in Class Action Lawsuit against the VA

Aug 10, 2009

July 24

In the latest release of the AO Review series, the IOM accepts the conclusions of the Royal Australian Navy Study and concedes that offshore sailors may have been exposed to dioxin in their drinking water

Robert McNamara, Architect of Vietnam War, Dies at age 93

July 6, 2009

Components of Agent Orange are Listed by US Senate as Chemical / Biological Warfare Agents in 1969

Bill Levesque writes about plight of Navy, other veterans, still needing Agent Orange benefits ***** ***** ***** ***** **************************** The Editor of the St. Petersburg Times joins in telling the problems of the Vietnam veterans caused by the VA

June 9 & 10

7 June 09

US Navy KNEW about dioxin in the waters offshore Vietnam and about condensation system failure to screen it out

5 June 09

25 May 09

Get Mad with Larry Stimeling and DO SOMETHING

USS Rupertus Accepted as being on Inland Waters

Federal Judge Calls Feres Doctrine "Unfair and Irrational" Read this excellent article on Larry Scott's VAWatchDog.org

January 29 Bulletin American Legion Support for Blue Water Navy

Smoger & Associates file two separate Certiorari Reply Briefs Stephenson, et al. v. Dow Chemical Company, Monsanto Company, et al. Isaacson, et al. v. Dow Chemical Company, Monsanto Company, et al.

Latest Compensation and Pension Bulletin Addresses Removal of Eligibility of Ports and Harbors as Areas for Contamination by Herbicides

All claims held by Haas Stay are now released for immediate adjudication. VA Memo Regarding This

Wisconsin County VSO Alert: Agent Orange Enrollment into Category 6 May End

NHL claims are freed from the illegal hold related to Haas Case But some Regional Office refuse to comply

A CALL TO ACTION!! ACT NOW! Get the VA changed! Stop the Shredding of our Documents!

Blue Water Navy In The News

Filner Goes One Step Further

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Congressman Filner Introduces HR-2254
Senator Gillibrand Introduces S-1939
The Agent Orange Act of 2009

Filner Promises Committee Hearings
on H-2254 in early May

UPDATE!
Map Showing
House Co-Sponsors for H-2254
The Agent Orange Act of 2009
March 26, 2010 Update

UPDATE!
Map Showing
Senate Co-Sponsors for S1939
The Agent Orange Act of 2009
March 26 Update

This provides a Combined List of All Ships on the Presumption of Exposure List
per the two releases for ships under Policy 211
and TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO if you were on one of these ships

New Form and Procedural Change
Announced by VA

March 30 Letter from Senator Akaka to VA Secretary Shinseki
expressing concerns with the errors in Blue Water Navy claims
following their release from the Haas Stay

Comp & Pen releases it's first list of
Blue Water Navy ships that served in Vietnam's brown water

THE COSTS OF WAR:
What is the Cost of H-2254 and S-1939?
With Cost Summary

Senator Gillibrand's Article in the Times Union, Albany, NY
VIETNAM VETERANS DESERVE BETTER

Blue Water Navy Association Completes
Boots-On-Ground Project

A Chink in the Armor?
Jury finds agency, DuPont negligent in land case

In the latest release of the AO Review series, the IOM accepts the conclusions of the
Royal Australian Navy Study and concedes that offshore sailors may have been
exposed to dioxin in their drinking water

Components of Agent Orange are Listed by US Senate
as Chemical / Biological Warfare Agents in 1969

Bill Levesque writes about plight of Navy,
other veterans, still needing Agent Orange benefits
*** * * *
**************************
The Editor of the St. Petersburg Times joins in telling
the problems of the Vietnam veterans caused by the VA

US Navy KNEW about dioxin in the waters offshore Vietnam
and about condensation system failure to screen it out

Get Mad with Larry Stimeling
and DO SOMETHING

Federal Judge Calls Feres Doctrine "Unfair and Irrational"
Read this excellent article on
Larry Scott's VAWatchDog.org

January 29 Bulletin
American Legion Support for Blue Water Navy

Smoger & Associates
file two separate Certiorari Reply Briefs
Stephenson, et al. v. Dow Chemical Company, Monsanto Company, et al.
Isaacson, et al. v. Dow Chemical Company, Monsanto Company, et al.

Latest Compensation and Pension Bulletin Addresses
Removal of Eligibility of Ports and Harbors
as Areas for Contamination by Herbicides

All claims held by Haas Stay are now released
for immediate adjudication.
VA Memo Regarding This

Wisconsin County VSO Alert:
Agent Orange Enrollment into Category 6 May End

NHL claims are freed from the illegal hold related to Haas Case
But some Regional Office refuse to comply

A CALL TO ACTION!!
ACT NOW! Get the VA changed!
Stop the Shredding of our Documents!