Thomas Daschle: “The basis of the number is simply the number we have been able to calculate of those children of agent orange veterans…”

“The basis of the number is simply the number we have been able to calculate of those children of agent orange veterans who were exposed to agent orange and who are now victims of spina bifida. So you have a very limited population. That population is first limited by the number of Vietnam veterans in Vietnam exposed to agent orange and, second, to those children of veterans who fall into that category.”