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=== U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' cover-up of GWI === * Aug 28, 1997, [http://gulfwarvets.com/arison/gws.htm The Cover-up of Gulf War Syndrome -- A Question of Natinal Integrity]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://gulfwarvets.com/arison/gws.htm | title = The Cover-Up of Gulf War Syndrome -- A Question of National Integrity | last = Harrison III | first = H. Lindsey | date = Aug 28, 1997 | website = gulfwarvets.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref> * Mar 13, 2013, [http://gulfwarvets.com/va_cover_up_data.htm Whistleblower: Veterans Affairs Covered Up Data on Mental Health, Gulf War Syndrome]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://gulfwarvets.com/va_cover_up_data.htm | title = Whistleblower: Veterans Affairs Covered Up Data on Mental Health, Gulf War Syndrome | last = Reno | first = Jamie | date = Mar 13, 2013 | website = gulfwarvets.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref> * Mar 13, 2013, [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/13/whistleblower-alleges-veterans-affairs-cover-up/1979839/ Researcher says officials covered up vets' health data]<ref name="USAT-2013">{{Cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/13/whistleblower-alleges-veterans-affairs-cover-up/1979839/ | title = Researcher says officials covered up vets' health data | last = Kennedy | first = Kelly | date = Mar 13, 2013|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en}}</ref> - USA Today <blockquote>WASHINGTON β [[U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs]] officials purposely manipulate or hide data that would support the claims of veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan to prevent paying costly benefits, a former VA researcher told a House subcommittee Wednesday.</blockquote><blockquote>"If the studies produce results that do not support the office of public health's unwritten policy, they do not release them," said [[Steven Coughlin]], a former epidemiologist in the VA's public health department.</blockquote><blockquote>"This applies to data regarding adverse health consequences of environmental exposures, such as burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan, and toxic exposures in the Gulf War," Coughlin said. "On the rare occasions when embarrassing study results are released, data are manipulated to make them unintelligible."<ref name="USAT-2013" /></blockquote> * Apr 12, 2013, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYKMMbPp_Do&feature=youtu.be&t=546 Dr. Robert Haley, What Caused Gulf War Illness]<ref name=":9" /> (Video) Dr. Haley speaks about the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' cover-up of US Gulf War troop illness being due to environmental exposure. * Mar 14, 2014, [https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaruiz/2014/03/24/congress-confronts-va-over-gulf-war-illness-research/#7648eec961fb Congress Confronts VA Over Gulf War Illness Research]<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaruiz/2014/03/24/congress-confronts-va-over-gulf-war-illness-research/#7648eec961fb | title = Congress Confronts VA Over Gulf War Illness Research | last = Ruiz | first = Rebecca | date = Mar 24, 2014|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en}}</ref> * Mar 30, 2015, [https://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/03/30/former-va-chief-of-staff-linked-to-gulf-war-scandal/ Former VA Chief Of Staff Linked To Gulf War Scandal]<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.disabledveterans.org/2015/03/30/former-va-chief-of-staff-linked-to-gulf-war-scandal/ | title = Former VA Chief Of Staff Linked To Gulf War Scandal | last = Krause | first = Benjamin | date = 2015-03-30|work=DisabledVeterans.Org|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=|archive-date=|language=en-US}}</ref>
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