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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Susan Montoya Bryan

Top prosecutors back compensation for those sickened by US nuclear weapons testing

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez and 13 other top prosecutors from around the U.S. are throwing their support behind efforts to compensate people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing.

The Democratic officials sent a letter Wednesday to congressional leaders, saying “it’s time for the federal government to give back to those who sacrificed so much.”

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