These are the same veterans who after fighting the enemies of our country had to return home and fight their own government, a government that denied post traumatic stress disorder; a government that refused to address the effects of Agent Orange exposure. and refused treatment to effected veterans. Agent Orange is now directly linked by the Veterans Administration to more than 15 different diseases.
I trust the benefits of this proclamation will not just fall to the veterans that are before you today, for we know who we are and are proud of our service, but rather to the tens of thousands of Vietnam veterans who are in the shadows and have not rejoined their bothers and sisters to stand tall in the sunlight of the recognition of their service.
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