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The battle was just beginning for Le Roy Torres and his wife, Rosie, when the Army captain returned to Texas in 2008, already starting to suffer from the toxic substances he’d inhaled from the 10-acre burn pit at Camp Anaconda in Balad, Iraq.

The law significantly expands healthcare and disability benefits for millions of US veterans exposed to toxins.

‘Tucker Carlson believes me too short to date and yet ... I remain tall enough to not know what Victor Orban’s a** tastes like!’

Photos of the week: Highlights include Jon Stewart's push for the PACT Act and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's decision on the reconciliation bill.

Legislation helping veterans exposed to toxic trash-incineration pits while serving overseas finally passed the Senate this week. Comedian and activist Jon Stewart, who had worked hard to elevate the problem and then to help get the bill across the finish line, expressed frustration that the process had been so arduous.

Bill passed after weeks of criticism from veterans’ groups and advocates including the former Daily Show host

Jon Stewart was in the gallery to see the bill finally pass after several Republicans last week temporarily blocked the measure.

’Shouldn’t have been this hard,’ comedian and advocate Jon Stewart tells The Independent after the vote

Senate Republicans have raised reasonable objections that legislation covering veterans' health conditions linked to toxic burn pits will allow for more spending on unrelated items.