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'It's too late for me': Why dying veteran fights to end military burn pits

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'It's too late for me': Why dying veteran fights to end military burn pits

'It's too late for me': Why dying veteran fights to end military burn pits

35-year-old retired Staff Sgt.

Wesley Black has terminal colon cancer that his doctor says is linked to breathing in toxic fumes from burn pits used while serving in Afghanistan.

CNN’s Brianna Keilar reports on the effort to end their use and protect US military service members.


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