President Biden on Wednesday signed into law new health care benefits for veterans exposed to hazardous toxins in the line of duty, calling it “the most significant law our nation has ever passed.”
Mr. Biden, who called on Congress to pass the legislation during his first State of the Union Address, said the issue was personal.
“Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan not only faced dangers in battle,” he said. “They were breathing toxic smoke from burn pits. When they came home, many of the fittest and best warriors that we sent to war were not the same.