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Clinton Expands Agent Orange Disability Benefits

WASHINGTON -- President Clinton has exxtended veterns benefits to
Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange and other herbicides.
 The president added prostate cancer and peripheral neuropathy, a
neurological disorder, to the list of diseases the Department of
Veterans Affairs recognizes as related to exposure.

 Clintons' decision stems from a recent National Academy of Sciences
report linking Agent Orange to prostate cancer, acute and subacute
peripheral neuropathy in veterans.