Biden outlines new benefits for Iraq, Afghanistan veterans exposed to burn pits
Source: The Hill
President Biden on Tuesday traveled to Texas to discuss expanding benefits for veterans exposed to toxic chemicals from burn pits.
In a speech at Resource Connection of Tarrant County in Fort Worth, Texas, Biden lauded the veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, calling them "an incredible generation" of servicemembers.
"This is an incredible generation, the 9/11 generation that fought. They served in a way I think that maybe they're right up there with the greatest generation because they not only got deployed once, but sometimes twice, three, four times into harms' way," Biden said.
"They come home and go back and, after knowing that they cleaned off the blood of the seat of that up-armored Humvee that they ran where they lost somebody, they had to saddle up and go back up again."
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