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Jim Webb: “I do not think that was an accident. I think originally, especially in the years after the war, the attitude was the…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2010
I do not think that was an accident. I think originally, especially in the years after the war, the attitude was the less we know, the better we will be.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Webb suggests the government avoided studying Agent Orange effects to limit accountability.

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