Key testimony by Julie Mock of Woodinville, national president of Veterans of Modern Warfare, was edited for space from Thursday's story about the Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans hearing in Seattle.
But in this military blog, what gets edited to fit in the paper can be restored. Mock14.PDF
Still, the right people paid attention to what Mock said at yesterday's hearing at Seattle's VA medical center, the latest stop by a 14-member panel visiting city's nationwide as it seeks to help veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. On Thursday, Mock heard from the Obama Administration transition team, which is interested in what she said about rectifying 18-year-old injustices done to those veterans of Desert Storm.
Mock, who has service-connected multiple sclerosis, and her fellow veterans of the 1991 Gulf War continue to suffer disproportionately from chronic multi-symptom illnesses that include extreme fatigue, widespread pain, respiratory problems, severe headaches � to name a few.
"Now is the time to provide relief to Gulf War veterans who are essentially suffering from the neurotoxic effects of the human experiment of pyridostigmine bromide," Mock said.
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