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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Saturday, November It 13. 1M2 Vietnam Veterans Demand Answers on Agent Orange My Mike Fein.silber well find another way. answer." Later, Sinclair told reporters that system, Youre Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Vietnam veterans, in the capital to dedicate a monument honoring their war ser- ice and their fallen comrades, took time out Friday to confront the government on some unfinished business their concern over Agent Orange. While thousands of veterans par-tiein hotel corridors or rallied at the black granite Vietnam Veterans Monument which will be dedicated Saturday, others went to Capitol Hill to demand answers on whether their health or the health of their offspring is threatened by exposure to the herbicide sprayed over the jungles of Vietnam. As night fell, there were several hundred people at the monument. The walls bore evidence of their grief. A few newspaper obituaries were taped beside the etched names of the dead; at the bases, survivors placed framed photographs under the names of servicemen. In a few places, flowers, flickering candles and small American flags were pressed into the ground. At a crowded informal forum sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans of America, Glenn Sinclair, a former Marine corporal from Cleveland, squared off against Dr. Barclay Shepard, the Veterans Administration official in charge of Agent Orange research. Cites Birth Defects - going to have to one son has a lung problem, another an immunization problem and his infant son was born with three son kidneys. He said F is has a brain disease and his son also has an immunization problem, he said. Am I the unluckiest son of bitch in the world?" he asked. d a His concerns weiv similar to those expressed by mam veterans at Friday's session ami at other such sessions in the past several years. .More Iteseareh The VA says it lacks scientific evidence to link any disorder except chloracne, a skin condition, to Agent Orange, and that more research is needed. In the meantime, the VA offers "However, maybe that is not quick enough and maybe this question needs a more pressing answer," he said. If that is the case, then it cannot be a scientific bill would prov ide that any veteran w nli a condition that may have been caused by Agent Orange would be Disability Compensation This was a reference to legislation pushed by Rep. Thomas DasD , chairman of Vietnam chle, D-- S Veterans awarded without in Congress. Daschle's disability compensation waiting for the scientific proof that Shepard mentioned Rep. William Katchford. D Conn , said it is urgent for 1resi dent Reagan to appoint a sy mpaihe-tiVA administrator c to succeed Robert Niinmo, who is resigning Veterans are told starting a' We can't help you until the top these studies are complete, Raich ford said "How refreshing it would be if it were, 'We will help you while these studies are being conducted." .00 P.M. 0 COUNTRY HERITAG 1 dont trust answer: it will have to be a politically determined answer " -- Speaking in a quavering voice and jabbing his finger at the VA official, Sinclair 35, said his five children Jeffrey, 12, Jennifer, 10, Jason, 7, Jonathan, 4, and James, 1 were all born with birth defects which he attributed to the toxic herbicide. came here on borrowed said Sinclair. Im in money, financial ruin. We dont want money. We want an admission! Our people over there did this to us, I want to know w'hat to tell my kids when they go to get married. Can they have kids? I want to know what to tell my wife. 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