US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has pledged to bring to a vote long-awaited legislation that would provide health benefits for US troops suffering from potential exposure to toxins from “burn pits” in Iraq and Afghanistan.Standing outside the United States Capitol with comedian Jon Stewart and half a dozen family members of victims of such toxic exposure, Schumer promised that the US government would care for sick veterans.“Until now, we have refused to face up to one of the biggest costs of those wars, and that is the healthcare needs of veterans who fought and sacrificed on our behalf,” Schumer told reporters.
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