{"id":56383,"date":"2020-06-16T20:41:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T20:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/16\/make-them-pay-jon-stewart-wants-war-profiteers-to-pay-for-burn-pit-exposures\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:48:46","slug":"make-them-pay-jon-stewart-wants-war-profiteers-to-pay-for-burn-pit-exposures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/06\/16\/make-them-pay-jon-stewart-wants-war-profiteers-to-pay-for-burn-pit-exposures\/","title":{"rendered":"Make them pay: Jon Stewart wants \u2018war profiteers\u2019 to pay for burn pit exposures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comedian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cc.com\/shows\/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart\/video-guide\" target=_blank>Jon Stewart<\/a> has a not-so-funny pitch on how to help veterans who are victims of war\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamcoalition.org\/\" target=_blank>toxic exposures<\/a> such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/01\/14\/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-from-veterans-in-burn-pit-lawsuit-against-kbr-halliburton\/\" target=_blank>burn pits<\/a> and a host of other lifelong damages. He wants an upfront fee paid by \u2018war profiteers\u2019 much like the contingency fees oil companies pay in case there is a spill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve gotten really, really good in this country at saying we support the military and we put on the flag pin and we thank them for their service and we give them that 10 percent coupon for appetizers at Chili\u2019s but the truth is, structurally, we have not done enough to address the wounds of war that they come home with whether they be brain injury, PTS, or these toxic exposures,\u201d the former host of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bvfr_JNaFEA\" target=_blank>The Daily Show said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stewart spoke Tuesday during a live event hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/washington-post-live\/veterans-frontline-concerns---rep-raul-ruiz-and-mcclatchy-reporter-tara-copp\/2020\/06\/16\/d58efa33-ca87-4516-bbbd-86212e59308c_video.html\" target=_blank>Washington Post<\/a> also featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/12\/12\/new-law-would-require-pentagon-to-identify-all-burn-pit-locations\/\" target=_blank>Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-California<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/05\/21\/senators-take-aim-at-military-housing-problems-in-annual-budget-bill\/\" target=_blank>Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C.,<\/a> Derek Fronabarger with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woundedwarriorproject.org\/\" target=_blank>Wounded Warrior Project<\/a> and McClatchy reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=tara+copp+military+times&#038;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS801US803&#038;oq=tara+copp+military+times&#038;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i65.2872j1j7&#038;sourceid=chrome&#038;ie=UTF-8\" target=_blank>Tara Copp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theteamcoalition.org\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">Team Coalition: Toxic Exposures in the American Military<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe that in the way that oil and gas companies have to kick a 10 percent contingency on spills, I believe that war profiteers should kick in a 10 percent contingency plan so that Dereck and the VSOs and the frontline workers and veterans don&#8217;t have to always come hat in hand begging for money because their brothers and sisters are still dying from the things that they saw and faced in downrange war zones,\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/JonStewart.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/JonStewart.JPG.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/JonStewart.JPG.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/JonStewart.JPG.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/JonStewart.JPG.jpg?resize=1152,1536 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jon Stewart, left, and retired Air Force Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro, clown around during the 2019 Gasparilla Parade in Tampa, Florida. Stewart, long an advocate for veteran issues, befriended Del Toro, who was badly injured in Afghanistan in 2005. Howard Altman photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While only Stewart pushed forward the notion of a fee paid for by defense companies, all participants featured on the nearly hourlong event roundly agreed that especially those facing an array of health complications from burn pit exposures need to be given \u2018presumptive\u2019 connection rather than suffer through lengthy delays that sometimes are not resolved when the veteran dies of complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA officials have previously fought against efforts to presumptively link burn pit exposure to health problems, saying there\u2019s a need for more research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillis said he supported an outside agency to study burn pit health concerns but also pushed for presumptive connection, which he said could actually help in the long run by allowing officials to \u201cget ahead\u201d of acute conditions and treat veterans before problems worsen over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The senator said that the government should \u201cassume we\u2019re responsible for the care and safety of veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruiz, a former emergency room doctor, has sponsored or co-sponsored numerous bills to expand the VA\u2019s coverage and care of conditions believed to be related to burn pit exposure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He highlighted two bills introduced last year, \u201cThe Right To Breath Act\u201d which would legislate that nine pulmonary conditions would be qualifying for veterans under a presumption of service connection and receive care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other bill mentioned, \u201cJennifer Kepner Healthcare for Open Air Burn Pit Exposure,\u201d would make veterans exposed to burn pits able to receive low-cost care from the VA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both bills remain in subcommittees after being introduced in mid-2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stewart, who spent years advocating for health care coverage for 9\/11 first responders and ground zero workers, has set veterans health in relation to burn pits and other burdens as his target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comedian noted the parallels that both the 9\/11 worker population and veterans have faced \u2014 repeated denials of a connection to their health conditions and battling their own government for recognition and help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe system is set up to deny them the benefit,\u201d Stewart said of the current setup that requires veterans to prove a service connection before receiving vital healthcare from the Veterans Health Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most recently he has been working with groups like BurnPits360, the Wounded Warrior Project and other Veterans Service Organizations to write a package of legislation to get stopgap measures introduced to cover health for those suffering and dying from toxic exposure-related conditions with the ultimate goal of a presumptive connection as the standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Copp, a former Military Times reporter, spoke with The Post about recent reporting from McClatchy that has focused on K2 exposure victims, those veterans who served at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/national-security\/article238510218.html\" target=_blank>Karshi-Khanabad Air Base<\/a>, Uzbekistan from 2001 to 2005. The base was used by primarily U.S. forces for aerial missions into nearby Afghanistan to hunt Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and Taliban members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it was the site of massive, decades-long toxic and radioactive materials by the former Soviet Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black goo and glowing retention ponds dotted the small base. And, Copp said, the Pentagon knew about it early yet did not inform troops stationed there. Some of those troops sought help but had little to no support proving their connection to the contaminated site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even currently, K2 is not classified in the correct category to be placed on the VA\u2019s Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Copp also referenced work McClatchy has done on the evidence of higher cancer rates among pilots, which some believe is connected to radiation exposure. Those findings have prompted a U.S. Air Force study to look back at data among pilots going back to 1970, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another bill in Congress seeks to broaden the research to pilots from all services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most efforts do have bipartisan support in these early stages, based on bill co-sponsorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Stewart shared though, it may take a change in how the system is operated to see an effect on care for those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we\u2019re going to make them fight our wars then come home and fight for their lives, that\u2019s just a model that has to change,\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comedian, reporter, congressman, and senator advocate broader coverage for military veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during 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