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111614 1 (1980-02-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadyku0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:15 a.m. Thursday, February 21, 1980 STATEMENT OF H. L. KRIEGER, DIRECTOR FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS S/t U.S. SENATE ON _ENL ORANG7 1 1111614 MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMtITTEE: I am pleased to be here to discuss our work on the her- bicide known as agent orange, a subject of great concern to many Vietnam veterans. From 1965 to 1970 the Department of Defense (DOD) - sprayed 10.65 million gallons of agent orange in Vietnam. Over 2 million military personnel served in Vietnam dur- ing this period. Since 1977, Vietnam veterans have been contacting the Veterans Administration (VA). about health problems which they believe were caused by herbicides in Vietnam. By September 30, 1979 about 4,800 people had re- quested treatment at VA health care facilities for health problems they believed were related to herbicide exposure, and about 750 people had submitted herbicide related compen- sation claims. 6?2K~Z7 ///(4 /1 3WOO1 1111 11UIII 111IIII31IIII!II II III!! liii III~