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In last hours of presidency, Trump signs executive order for veterans who served at toxic base after 9/11 By Catherine Herridge, Jessica Kegu
Updated on: January 27, 2021 / 9:04 AM / CBS News Vets react to executive order on toxic base
President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that recognizes veterans who served at a toxic military base in Uzbekistan and mandates a comprehensive study of any health consequences related to toxic exposure at the base.
The move in the final hours of Trump s presidency comes after a six-month CBS News investigation prompted Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller to draft an executive order for the president s consideration and a bipartisan Congressional investigation into the cases of sick service members who served at Karshi-Khanabad, or K2, after 9/11.
By: CBS News
Former Army intelligence analyst Elba Barr is trained to connect the dots training she s now using to sift through a mound of medical records. There s been something massive since 2013 every year, medical-wise, Barr told CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge.
While Barr deployed across the Middle East and Africa after 9/11 to track Al-Qaeda there is no question in her mind the most toxic and dangerous place was Karshi-Khanabad, or K2, a former Soviet airbase in Uzbekistan, a jumping-off point for classified missions into Afghanistan. K2 was to me, a base that should ve never been a base . hazards, signs everywhere of where your hazards were, she said.
Data collected by a nonprofit found 40% of former women service members who were at the base self-report at least one miscarriage, 8% report breast or uterine cancers and 30% report ovarian cancer or related issues.