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![Vietnam Veterans of America representative Rick Weidman testifies Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing as members heard arguments for and against the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act. Weidman noted that Congress already presumes veterans who served anywhere in Vietnam were exposed to Agent Orange and doesn't try to calculate the level of exposure. That benefit of the doubt should be applied to shipboard personnel too. "How much [exposure] makes no difference," he said. At left is National Executive Director for the Fleet Reserve Association Thomas Snee.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes](/polopoly_fs/1.540657.1533226824!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/300x200/image.jpg "Vietnam Veterans of America representative Rick Weidman testifies Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing as members heard arguments for and against the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act. Weidman noted that Congress already presumes veterans who served anywhere in Vietnam were exposed to Agent Orange and doesn't try to calculate the level of exposure. That benefit of the doubt should be applied to shipboard personnel too. \"How much [exposure] makes no difference,\" he said. At left is National Executive Director for the Fleet Reserve Association Thomas Snee.
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![Vietnam Veterans of America representative Rick Weidman testifies Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing as members heard arguments for and against the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act. Weidman noted that Congress already presumes veterans who served anywhere in Vietnam were exposed to Agent Orange and doesn't try to calculate the level of exposure. That benefit of the doubt should be applied to shipboard personnel too. "How much [exposure] makes no difference," he said. At left is National Executive Director for the Fleet Reserve Association Thomas Snee.<br>Carlos Bongioanni/Stars and Stripes](/polopoly_fs/1.540657.1533226824!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/600x400/image.jpg "Vietnam Veterans of America representative Rick Weidman testifies Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing as members heard arguments for and against the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act. Weidman noted that Congress already presumes veterans who served anywhere in Vietnam were exposed to Agent Orange and doesn't try to calculate the level of exposure. That benefit of the doubt should be applied to shipboard personnel too. \"How much [exposure] makes no difference,\" he said. At left is National Executive Director for the Fleet Reserve Association Thomas Snee.
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