U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Darryl Sterling tosses unservicable uniform items into a burn pit at Balad Air Base, Iraq, in 2008. Fourteen years later, Congress approved a bill designed to help ...

Letter: As a veteran, I am interested in S.437 Veterans Burn Pits Exposure Recognition Act. It was introduced by Senator Dan Sullivan (R AK) last year and shepherded through the ...

A leading veterans advocate who is now sick from toxic exposure after overseas deployments in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, will not benefit from the recently passed PACT Act, according to medical ...

The PACT Act, simply explained, provides streamlined access to health care for veterans who served in areas of known toxic exposure from burn pits regardless of current disability status.

Sen. Pat Toomey has held up final passage of the PACT ACT, which would reform health care for veterans exposed to burn pits. The senator cites spending concerns.

Letters curated by: ... . Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty voted against the PACT Act, which would extend support to veterans suffering from exposure to burn pits.

The PACT Act now presumes any qualifying health condition — like cancers or asthma — in veterans exposed to those burn pits is a result of that exposure. ... is sending them letters saying ...

Remember when you go to vote in the next general election that the Republican senators had to be embarrassed by Jon Stewart before they would vote for the PACT Act ...

A ”mission first” philosophy, a culture of silence and disincentive to seek help are barriers to care for U.S. military ...

He and other veterans are suffering from burn pit exposure — and being denied, ... Help us bury Congress in an avalanche of letters from voters by signing our letter to your senators.

The law is named for deceased Ohio veteran Sgt. 1st Class Heath Robinson of the Columbus area, who died at age 39 from lung cancer he attributed to his exposure to burn-pit smoke in Iraq while ...