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U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
    WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                    FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                    EXPECTED AT 9:15 a.m.
                    Thursday, February 21, 1980


               STATEMENT OF
          H. L. KRIEGER, DIRECTOR
FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION

                BEFORE THE
       COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS   S/t
                U.S. SENATE

                    ON


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MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMtITTEE:

     I am pleased to be here to discuss our work on the her-

bicide known as agent orange, a subject of great concern

to many Vietnam veterans.

     From 1965 to 1970 the Department of Defense (DOD) -

sprayed 10.65 million gallons of agent orange in Vietnam.

Over 2 million military personnel served in Vietnam dur-

ing this period. Since 1977, Vietnam veterans have been

contacting the Veterans Administration (VA). about health

problems which they believe were caused by herbicides in

Vietnam. By September 30, 1979 about 4,800 people had re-

quested treatment at VA health care facilities for health

problems they believed were related to herbicide exposure,

and about 750 people had submitted herbicide related compen-

sation claims.

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