NGWRC opening

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NGWRC opening
NGWRC
6th Annual Conference
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Persian gulf Legacy

• The Persian Gulf War
• The legacy
• 1990 - 2002

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Iraq invadesKuwait
Aug 1990
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Parking is a problem at first.
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Christmas dinner
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Ground Assault

• The Coalition Forces Build up, preparing
• For the Ground
• Assault.

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Patriot

• Looked
• Good,
• But
• throwing
• rocks
• would have
• been
• more
• accurate

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MRLs pound the Republican Guard
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The SCUD bowl
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We smoked them.
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They smoked us
They smoked us!
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Disaster

• A Slight Environmental
• Disaster Unfolds

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Wolfburger Mystery Meat?
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Parade
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1992
1992

• After the war the media picks up reports of sick
  Gulf Veterans.

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The Military steps in, and claim they find
nothing.
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Hearings Begin.
The first evidence of serious ailments become
apparent.
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Reigle

• The Reigle Hearings dig up dirty dealings with
  Iraq.

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Norman

• Stormin Normans testimony raises even more
  questions about the NBC logs

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DOD waves the stressbanner!
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Rep. Bernard Sanders, Rep. John Tierney, Rep.
Christopher Shays
The Three Wise men
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Dan Ratherreports
Birth Defects become a hot issue
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StephenJoseph slams us in Congress.

• The Media slams Joseph.

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The PAC
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
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The PACdoesnt seem tolook very hard.
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Researchhowever is not limited to DOD/PAC.
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Dr. Bernard Rostker, tongue and cheek with the PAC
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Yet, in San Francisco the Vets do not buy
Bernies baloney.
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OSAGWI is born 1996
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NGWRC 2nd conference
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The Last Patrol1996
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Vanity Fair articleraises morequestions than
answers.
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WRAMC wellness

• WRAMC Gulf War Clinic

Wellness?
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3rdConference
NGWRC 3rd conference
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Capital Hill
NGWRC on Capital Hill 1998
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CDC Chemical Biological Conference Feb / March
1999
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CDC photos 1
Atlanta CDC 1999
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CDC photos 2
Atlanta CDC 1999
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CDC photos 3
Atlanta CDC 1999
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NGWRC 4th conference
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Fort Sam HoustonOSAGWITown Hallmeeting
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Presidential Special Oversight Board 1999
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PSOB 1999
PSOB 1999 Washington, DC
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Gulf War Referral Clinics provide false hopes
for vets
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IOM 2000

• Somatoform
• becomes a
• serious issue

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5th conference
NGWRC 5th conference
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October 2000

• Ross Perot gives Bernie a reason to sink the
  stress ship

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And now for something completely different
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I love you satan
Saddam I Love you Satan!
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PSOB gives its final report, and its unpopular.
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GWI conference Jan 2001
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10th anniversary
10th Anniversary of Gulf war
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Rep. Donald Manzullo spear heads HR 612
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HR 612 The Gulf war Presumption Bill
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Feb 2002 House/SenateGulf War Hearings
Rep. Donald Reigle speaks out at VA, while the
advocates are at Gov. Reform
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Feb 2002
Feb 2002 Gulf War Hearings
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BioportAnthrax Vaccine Protest 2002
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VA Gulf War researchmeeting
April 2002
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Research group
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We have seen it all in print over the years,and
heres some of what we saw.
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Books 1
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Books 2
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Books 3
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