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Editor’s note: This is part three of a four-part series on Agent Orange.In 1991, Congress enacted the Agent Orange Act, giving the Department of Vete

>> you're like an accountant. >> he gets it done. >> absolutely. >> here's what i want to propose. the agent orange act in 1991, passed by congress, mandated that every veteran in vietnam, ashore or afloat, that came down with one of these agent orange cancers or other diseases, would be presumed to be exposed and eligible for disablity pay and service-connected medical. so the law is there. the va has simply ignored it since 2002. the vaed said in miss letters to secretary shinseki, you can fix this with the stroke of your pen. he actually said, i want the congress to tell me to fix it. so we...