[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, VETERANS: "Lawmakers Investigate Cancer Cluster of Veterans Who Served at 'K2’ [Karshi-Khanabad, Uzbekistan] Base"

[Lenny Siegel]

Lawmakers Investigate Cancer Cluster of Veterans Who Served at 'K2’ Base

By  Patricia Kime
Military.com 
November 11, 2020

A House committee is investigating cancer diagnoses in more than 400 veterans who served in Uzbekistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The House Oversight and Reform National Security Subcommittee plans to hold a hearing Nov. 18 to determine whether the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense are taking the health concerns of these former service members seriously.

"The courageous Americans who served at [Karshi-Khanabad, or K2] were among the first boots on the ground after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Today, many of them face devastating health conditions potentially tied to their service. They are looking for answers -- answers our government has denied them for years," Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., said in a release Wednesday.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/11/11/lawmakers-investigate-cancer-cluster-of-veterans-who-served-k2-base.html

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