Jon Stewart’s new Apple+ series posted a Veterans Day podcast on Thursday that features an interview with Staff Sergeant Wesley Black, who died on Sunday, shortly after the episode was recorded
on Thursday that features an interview with Staff Sergeant Wesley Black, who died on Sunday, shortly after the episode was recorded.burn pits
while he served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The exposure to the military’s burning of waste in open air pits has been called “the Agent Orange of the post-9/11 generation.” Stewart has called attention to the need to extend benefits and pass legislation to help those veterans. He’s spotlighted specific cases, including that of Black, who himself has been trying to raise awareness of the issue, the need for early detection and the urgency for the Veterans Administration to take greater action.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Calls For Investigation Of Rep.
In the interview with Stewart, Black said that he hoped to leave a legacy for his son, and that “in some small way that my choosing to stand up for what is right will forever last in the mind of, ‘My Dad is a good person.’” “I don’t regret my service, I regret what my service has done to me — that is unfortunate — I would do it all over,” he told Stewart. “I wanted to ensure that my sacrifice and how far I have moved the ball forward, a few inches, a few yards, whatever it was.”
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