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Alaska veterans may get aid
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2002 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi is extending benefits to military personnel who developed radiation-related cancers after working on Amchitka Island in Alaska. Principi is issuing new regulations, to become effective March 26, that will allow personnel to make claims. The rules assume a connection between working on the island, where nuclear testing took place, and 20 cancers. Get the Story:
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