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Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971)

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    May 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Six veterans plead guilty to Agent Orange benefits fraud

    Six military veterans from Maryland pleaded guilty to fraud charges this week in a scheme to obtain federal military benefits and state tax breaks with faked documentation claiming they were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, according to the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office.
    Six military veterans from Maryland pleaded guilty to fraud charges this week in a scheme to obtain federal military benefits and state tax breaks with faked documentation claiming they were exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, according to the...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Rod J. Rosenstein, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Justice System, Diabetes

    2. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Md. veterans official accused in benefits kickback scheme

    A former high-ranking official at the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs has been accused of running a kickback scheme from his state office, allegedly fabricating military achievements and disability claims in exchange for a cut of the resulting government payouts.
    A former high-ranking official at the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs has been accused of running a kickback scheme from his state office, allegedly fabricating military achievements and disability claims in exchange for a cut of the resulting...

    Tags: Bribery, Corporate Crime, Rod J. Rosenstein, Justice System, Diabetes

    3. Mar 25, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  3. Lansdowne High students participate in Model Congress

    If only the politicians in Washington, D.C., could work together with the courtesy and efficiency of the Loch Raven Model Congress. Some 140 ninth-grade Gifted and Talented students from 14 Baltimore County public high schools, including Lansdowne High,...

    Tags: High Schools, Washington, DC, Students, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Animals

    4. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Vietnam, 50 years on

    HANOI, Vietnam -- It has been 50 years since President John F. Kennedy ordered U.S. "advisers" to South Vietnam to help battle the communist North and 37 years since the end of that divisive war and the country's unification under Communism. Today,...

    Tags: Freedom of the Press, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Embassy, Missing in Action, Richard Nixon

    5. Feb 2, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. VA releases number of survivors who collect disability benefits for veterans who die waiting

    Family members of nearly 19,500 veterans who died while they waited for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to complete a review of their disability benefits claim collected $436.9 million last year, according to information the agency provided Friday.
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    Family members of nearly 19,500 veterans who died while they waited for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to complete a review of their disability benefits claim collected $436.9 million last year, according to information the agency provided...

    Tags: Veterans Affairs, U.S. Congress

    6. Jan 26, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Baltimore VA office worst in nation for processing disability claims

    The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is the slowest in the country in processing disability claims for servicemen and servicewomen — averaging about a year — and makes more mistakes than any other office.
    The Baltimore office of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is the slowest in the country in processing disability claims for servicemen and servicewomen — averaging about a year — and makes more mistakes than any other office. The...

    Tags: Frederick County (Maryland), Fibromyalgia, Diabetes, Veterans Affairs, Headaches

    7. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Md. congressional leadership demands answers from VA

    Calling the failures at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Baltimore "inexcusable," Maryland's congressional leadership on Monday demanded the beleaguered agency develop an immediate plan to fix the local problems in processing disability claims.
    Calling the failures at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Baltimore "inexcusable," Maryland's congressional leadership on Monday demanded the beleaguered agency develop an immediate plan to fix the local problems in processing disability claims....

    Tags: Steny Hoyer, Benjamin L. Cardin, Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Veterans Affairs

    8. Jul 21, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Robert F. 'Hop' Crooks, programmer

    Robert F. "Hop" Crooks, a retired Social Security Administration computer programmer, died Monday of complications from a massive epileptic seizure at Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, Calif.
    Robert F. "Hop" Crooks, a retired Social Security Administration computer programmer, died Monday of complications from a massive epileptic seizure at Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, Calif. The longtime Oella and Catonsville resident was 65....

    Tags: Epilepsy, Software Industry, Ellicott City, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)

    9. Jun 26, 2012 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  9. Bel Air man held on $100,000 bail in alleged knife assault

    A Bel Air man, who is a retired Army veteran, was being held on $100,000 bail Tuesday after allegedly threatening his wife with a knife. David Leon Young, 59, of the 2100 block of Kalmia Road, is charged with first- and second-degree assault and...

    Tags: Birth Defects, Vietnam, Prisons, Harford County, Heart Failure

    10. Jan 14, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. Columbia music historian compiles Vietnam War songs

    Nearly 40 years ago, a haunting photograph of a naked Vietnamese girl running in anguish after being severely burned in a napalm bomb attack on her village became an iconic image of the Vietnam War.
    Nearly 40 years ago, a haunting photograph of a naked Vietnamese girl running in anguish after being severely burned in a napalm bomb attack on her village became an iconic image of the Vietnam War. But most who have seen the Pulitzer Prize-winning...

    Tags: Teaching and Learning, Richard Nixon, International Military Interventions, Howard County, University of Maryland, College Park

    11. Oct 8, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. A death from cancer, and a search for answers

    Randy White had just buried a daughter, dead at 30 with a brain tumor. Now his other daughter had been diagnosed with growths in her abdomen.
    Randy White had just buried a daughter, dead at 30 with a brain tumor. Now his other daughter had been diagnosed with growths in her abdomen. When doctors told White in 2009 that their conditions were likely caused by something in their environment,...

    Tags: Skin Cancer, Richard Nixon, Lab Tests, Regional Authority, Diseases and Illnesses

    12. Jul 1, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. David Boschert, former delegate from Arundel, dies

    David G. Boschert, who served Anne Arundel County in the Maryland House of Delegates as a Republican and was earlier on the County Council as a moderate Democrat, died of liver and pancreatic cancer Thursday evening at his Crownsville home. He was 63.
    David G. Boschert, who served Anne Arundel County in the Maryland House of Delegates as a Republican and was earlier on the County Council as a moderate Democrat, died of liver and pancreatic cancer Thursday evening at his Crownsville home. He was 63....

    Tags: Local Government, Insurance, Glen Burnie, Diseases and Illnesses, University of Maryland, College Park

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