dollars off the war there's a great future for defending the woman is no longer. seen as a disaster. is who are we doing. oh number. of units one for. her for her nation hundreds of millions of dollars. us military contractor k.b.r. is under legal fire today over real fires in iraq the firm is charged with causing illnesses from massive burn pits used to incinerate garbage there. veterans who are now suing k.b.r. because of their what they believe service connected health injuries say that k.b.r. short sighted didn't install center raters when they should have had burned all

this hazardous waste when it was a guess the o.t. regulations to do so and as a result they are sick of all the contracts that k.b.r. and held more see require them to comply with e.p.a. regulations the allegation is that k.b.r. rather than complying with the contract complying with these environmental regulations disposing only of what should be disposed of using incinerators doing it the right way for reasons often related to profit margins was disposing of dangerous talks and in a way that directly impacted the health of soviet troops. seeing stuff that was nuclear biological and chemical products the said do not burn truck tires all types of styrofoam and polystyrene batteries trucks quite a bit of different stuff. that should have been segregated out. it's not it doesn't

take a rocket scientist to figure out if you're a k.b.r. employee and you're throwing. biological medical waste into the. into the burn pit tires and anything else. did that is known to be a toxin. then you're you're careless and you're you're putting people's health in jeopardy and that's exactly would a lot of these k.b.r. contractors were doing. for me to accept is. working for k.b.r. and they have knowledge of. hazardous chemicals on the ground of course cancer. here and i'll. just put in my family and i had a prius that is necessary. i'm. very upset over that. today. very very upset.

that they did that. the military exercise regular daily oversight and supervision and periodically issued evaluation reports of k.b.r. performance not just on waste disposal but across all the many functions that k.b.r. performed in the war theaters so the military was aware of what k.b.r. was doing and if they thought that k.b.r. was doing those kind of things then they would have been in position to make those practices you know change to halt very little government oversight on a lot of singing of the management personnel in directing the actual work force work kellogg brown and root personnel. i've seen time and time again kate your claim that the reason why they didn't do what they were supposed to was they were allegedly being told to do something or working under the military supervision my experience has been and what i've seen. sworn testimony is that too often our

personnel were more or less directing the military about what was going to be done rather than the right way. when i noted the violations infractions and improper actions by killing brother were. reported to management road towards me and i was basically told shut up that they would make the decisions about them as suspicions. the case a recurring burden what could be or try to do with him when he tried to expose what was going on can reveal some of the misconduct really points to an attitude that i've seen before or k.b.r. is more concerned about keeping the truth down than fixing the problem. we know from the g.a.o. reports that have come out since you know way two thousand and nine two thousand and ten that both the d.o.d. am k.b.r. were not operating these burn pits within their own regulations they were burning

as are this materials all over iraq and afghanistan you know this not only from the veterans but through the g.a.o. reports g.a.o. also found that many of these berkut were still operating as late as two thousand and thirteen and this is at least two years after they were told to shut them down or they would have been a lot better off using incinerators incinerators blasts. i believe they're more energy efficient and they were. and so that means that any military personnel soldiers and others that are in the air. aren't going to be exposed to toxic chemicals toxic fumes. this was much cheaper to do to put in high temperature.

that k.b.r. was merely cutting corners. to save money my understanding is they were given. to do the and so it wasn't a budgetary issue this may have been a cheaper way to go this may have been an easier way to go but it certainly wasn't what was best for our soldiers so far in addition to the congressional inspector general investigations that documented the misconduct. hundreds of. statements by. exposing the worst toxins known to man rather than disposing of these things like the. easy. easy.

in a come to find out. i was for about six months was built on a chemical. manufacturing. and then we went to build a base there with my understanding. with. what was already in the ground. and they found that the most severe illnesses were coming from different bases. these bases used to be. former chemical weapons facilities saddam hussein. it was actually told to me. that they knew that. contaminated. flabbergasted. i want to talk about these claims that are being served by

plaintiff's lawyers who effectively are saying we don't agree with the decisions that were made by the military there were we think there were safer ways as we said ten years later five years later we think there were safer ways of disposing of waste and somebody should be accountable for not doing it the way that we think was safer. themselves and all this is about is. how to dispose of. waste. the problem with that argument that i've seen is that in most cases in fact across the board. making decisions often. and the way i believe all these illnesses can inventor invented it in part because they can hear is incinerators most of them went for offline if they found out. in the mean if they would have realized. and we didn't. we didn't fix the mess

in the took action to fix it. he didn't. now it turns out there was something else in the contract because all that wasn't good then an indemnity folks so if the screw anything up they don't have to pay for the bill get stuck on the american taxpayer there would be an indemnification even for negligence on reasonable access k.b. or managers agents and borders if they fell within the definition of what is covered even if they caused the injury or death to these. other provisions or those clause that is correct even if they cause injury or death to civilian employees. under the provisions of a cause that's occurred even if they cause injury or death to the american soldier . does not and does not carve out an exception for civilian with our

soldiers which means that means that if in fact the activities fall within the definition of a clause saying k.b.r. could could apply for reimbursement preferable even for death or injury to the american soldier that is correct even for the death or injury to a british servicemen. that's correct even death or injury to iraqi national or other world national working on a cave your project. that's correct they were going to get fully reimbursed for every single legal penny they spent as well as any damages found against them and probably one of the biggest bail outs of a government contractor that's been documented so. for. initiation this is absolutely criminal if we have over a hundred thousand soldiers ill it just shows. it's a good example of you know how much our government really cares about our soldiers

are just pawns. they're angry they're frustrated they feel as though they gave. everything they have to the us government they believed sam had their back when they sent them over to iraq and afghanistan to fight the war they believe when they came back they'd be taking care of. the military the v.a. or are supposed to take care of their veterans. and are supposed to provide good health here and a good transition in the military and the military and v.a. has failed miserably on doing this and not only on the firm put issues but you know a lot of mental health issues and everything else there are many people who are working with the v.a. who feel that studies have either augmented belated have prone to bias in favor of. results

that my error or that's having psychosomatic problems instead of physical problems. in case you're new to the gay. this is how it works my economy is built around corporations corporations run washington the washington post media the media. voters elect a businessman to run this country business equals power who must it's not

business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. here's what people have been saying about rejecting the night was you know i was actually just pull along awesome for the only show i go out of my way to find you know really what it is that really packs a punch simply yampa is the john oliver of party americans do the same we are apparently better than the flu vaccines that i see people you never heard of love redacted the night my president of the world bank so they can go write me seriously send us an email. the office of public health conducts large studies of the health of american veterans covertly just to studies produce results that did not support

the office of public health and written policy they don't release them. this applies today to first health consequences of environmental exposures. in afghanistan and toxics exposures in the war on the rare occasions. are really. to make them unintelligible so there seems to be going struggle between the truth seekers and the government when it to. sort of getting to the bottom of. her. health the fact that veterans are now experiencing. terrible experience. or to get medical treatment.

that they would be the best care and. it depends on who you get with the bureaucracy. for me. being a nightmare to deal with getting bills from the labs for a thousand two thousand dollars for blood work. bills call in the lab the v.a. supposed to pay these bills and they don't and you're already sick with chemo and radiation also. nobody's paying them. i mean i mean right now we're.

more bankrupt. the v.a. still denies. exposure's. altricial is the congressional people that we sought to help us unfortunate drop is like a hot potato swims we make senator. so we have no resolution right now the v.a. still do not honor he says we have attorneys for sure. there are going to see. were. you know it was awful didn't make it to a lot. of time so i could make with the golden rule the v.a. system itself means that about fourteen years or for me it's no benefits that's why after ten years i don't get the benefits it was or i think the v.a. should take more. be more responsible with these guys because they have already put their lives on the line for us why would we. not give them the proper medical

attention that they need why give them an appointment three months out and then. send it you know prolong it even more to maybe. eight minus nine months a year and then even fighting for their benefits if they don't. then book person twelve months of them coming back and he doesn't get a diagnosis forget it they're screwed because they don't see it act it's service related service connected the burden of proof is on the veteran they have to be able to service connected it doesn't matter whether you have it or not or the condition can happen during the day you enter to the left that's the big window that you have to fight. iraq afghanistan war injury is our generation's agent orange. if you look at the historical precedents with agent orange for

decades it was not acknowledged and then after decades in his study. and then finally soldiers were training. so to go with iraq afghanistan were longing for we can't wait that long poor the burn pits to reckon it's not the pay's that the guys are in the females are dying from the it's i'm often asked the illnesses are showing in the sentence a lot sooner he put in his time he sacrificed. and gave everything that it was possible to get and. more proud of that and we don't regret that he doesn't regret that and we would serve again our sons have enlisted so it's not the service that's the problem and the things happen in war and we understand that there's

a cost and and we will carry with that because there are some things that are worth the cost but the other side of that is that at the end of it they take care of you and every single time there's a war we do this song and dance with the government where they say no no it wasn't us no it wasn't that it's just you it's you know i don't know what it was it's just the look and it's not every single time and when is it the last time when is it that they just say ok. this was it and you did your part. what does that time come where you're not fighting afterwards the fight should be done i don't see no way at this because with the agent orange the vietnam veteran still suffering still fighting to be recognized the top of that gulf war veterans fighting to be recognized now you're adding another million or so

iraq and afghanistan. and veterans fighting to be recognized that's two generations at least of the men and women who are sick. and they have overwhelmed a v.a. system that was not prepared to handle that to compensate every. soldier marine airman and sailor that was on the ground that are complaining about their exposure illnesses from exposure from the burn pits we would bring would bring literally send a v.a. broke and. they don't want to pay it so the waiting decades a lot of those soldiers will die in time. and they won't have to pay and. paul grow up and. get the middle finger. to be used to model is.

delayed and i hope he does. the veterans that i speak to are both mad and there be well there are some of them are so sick that they don't know if they wake up in the morning and i'm not exaggerating every year is something every year is something that's taken away from the quality of life that he has and that we have as a family. union. in that i would can just walk into a restaurant and say down and he will have a meal. because he's sitting there he's trying to. keep him sound busy and he's home in time no uncomfortable for.

the simple things that. we take for granted. that. our heart. but is that going to be like hold. and like to think the future. but. optimistic. i think. because if i read about disease. i mean maybe i'll get a miracle with me in my life and. nothing's ever. been

right now it's too much take care of my husband take care of every other. woman's husband and. man's wife who served who did their duty because they believed in it because they believed that it was the right thing to do. that's all we're asking. there is absolutely. to fix it when these veterans come and they're sick no matter what they're sick we have an obligation as the american public to take care of is men and women who sacrificed. for us. i hope that. this will have. a jump. aggressively treating the soldiers at the. but i don't see it this. is going to be.

can't handle it i didn't. catch every single parent or child and you don't wonder. that. ricky your fight is going to continue on and. we're going to. trace where you have. and what you bought for. her to the president of the united states. so that it helps others.

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