'Burn Pits' Military Victims Ask for Medical Help

Todd Akin, R-Wildwood and senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, is main House sponsor of a bill that would instruct the Veterans Affairs Department to establish a burn pits registry for affected military personnel while in Iraq.

Posted Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:36 pm CT|Updated Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:50 pm CT

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