9/11 troops sickened by uranium await VA connection to illnesses at base, PACT Act doesn't cover Uzbekistan radiation exposure.

Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium after 9/11 met with VA officials, but were told they must wait for the VA to connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed. The PACT Act, a major veterans aid package bill signed by President Biden in 2022, did not include radiation exposure at the troops' base in Uzbekistan, leaving them without coverage for their illnesses.

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