Fmr Congressman Roe discusses passage of Blue Water Navy Act for Agent Orange effects

Fmr Congressman Roe discusses passage of Blue Water Navy Act for Agent Orange effects

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Phil Roe spent six terms as the congressman for the First District of Tennessee. He served on the Veterans Affairs Committee and passed several bills to benefit veterans and servicemembers. "I went to Leader [John] Boehner, and I said, 'Look, I need to be on the Veterans Affairs Committee,'" the former congressman recalled. "And he said, 'Why?' I said, I'm a physician. I'm a veteran. I did some of my training in a [V…

Marking 50 years: First-person reflections on Vietnam War

As the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War’s end approaches, the echoes of the anti-war movement still resonate – perhaps nowhere more profoundly than at Kent State University. On May 4, 1970, four students were killed during a campus demonstration,…

In Vietnam, the health effects of Agent Orange remain uncertain 50 years later

Researchers struggle to document the long-term impact of massive herbicide spraying