{"id":4272,"date":"2019-04-02T15:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T19:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-praises-va-decision-to-finally-allow-blue-water-navy-veterans-harmed-by-agent-orange-to-access-va-health-care\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:52","slug":"merkley-praises-va-decision-to-finally-allow-blue-water-navy-veterans-harmed-by-agent-orange-to-access-va-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-praises-va-decision-to-finally-allow-blue-water-navy-veterans-harmed-by-agent-orange-to-access-va-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley elogia la decisi\u00f3n de VA de finalmente permitir que los veteranos de la Armada de Blue Water perjudicados por el Agente Naranja accedan a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de VA"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 El Senador de EE. UU. de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, respondi\u00f3 hoy a informes<\/a> que el secretario del Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos (VA) de EE. UU., Robert Wilkie, les dijo a los miembros del Comit\u00e9 de Asuntos de Veteranos del Senado el martes que recomendar\u00e1 al Departamento de Justicia de EE. sirvi\u00f3 en barcos de la Marina o de la Guardia Costera durante la Guerra de Vietnam.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEsta es una buena noticia. Durante a\u00f1os he estado luchando junto a los veteranos de la Armada de Oregon Blue Water y organizaciones de apoyo para obtener la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica completa y los beneficios por discapacidad que se les deben a todos los veteranos expuestos al Agente Naranja. Hacemos un pacto con aquellos que sirven que estaremos all\u00ed para ellos al igual que ellos nos defendieron a todos. Hemos incumplido esa promesa con aproximadamente 90,000 veteranos de la Marina Blue Water que han sufrido las consecuencias para la salud de servir a su pa\u00eds, y ahora el VA finalmente est\u00e1 cumpliendo con esa obligaci\u00f3n. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cPero la lucha por el cuidado adecuado de este grupo de veteranos no ha terminado. Por eso estoy copatrocinando el Ley de equidad para los veteranos de la DMZ coreana de 2019<\/i> y otra legislaci\u00f3n que extender\u00eda los beneficios a todos los veteranos que estuvieron expuestos al Agente Naranja durante su servicio, sin importar d\u00f3nde o cu\u00e1ndo sirvieron. Es una completa injusticia excluir a tantos veteranos de la atenci\u00f3n necesaria. Estos hombres y mujeres respondieron al llamado de su pa\u00eds, y ya es hora de que su pa\u00eds se ocupe de ellos. Sus sacrificios deben ser reconocidos y merecen acceso a beneficios y atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de la m\u00e1s alta calidad\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley today responded to reports that U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie told members of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on Tuesday that he will recommend the U.S. Department of Justice not fight a January court ruling that ordered the VA to provide health care and benefits […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-4272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-honoring-our-veterans"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMerkley Praises VA Decision to Finally Allow Blue Water Navy Veterans Harmed by Agent Orange to Access VA Health Care - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-praises-va-decision-to-finally-allow-blue-water-navy-veterans-harmed-by-agent-orange-to-access-va-health-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Praises VA Decision to Finally Allow Blue Water Navy Veterans Harmed by Agent Orange to Access VA Health Care - 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