03/16/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"As I've said many times, the United States is a vital ingredient in maintaining regional balance."
"I have pretty extensive experience with this issue, beginning as a Marine rifle platoon and company commander in one of the more war-torn areas of Vietnam."
"We need for the long term an effort to create better data than what we are working with today."
"So we cannot say a Vietnam veteran is 1.4 to 2.8 more times likely to come down with ischemic heart disease than a non-veteran?"