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CBS News recently obtained military records that may explain why hundreds of service members reported getting rare cancers or other illnesses after being stationed at Karshi-Khanabad, or K2, a former Soviet base in Uzbekistan, after 9/11. CBS News' Catherine Herridge has the latest on our investigation.
At least 15,000 service members were deployed to a military base linked to rare cancers and other illnesses.
This month, a group of veterans took the unusual step of suing the Defense Department for records about their toxic exposure. At least 15,000 service members passed through K2, an American base in Uzbekistan that was used to support classified missions in Afghanistan after 9/11. These veterans say public records from the Defense Department do not explain the high rates of illnesses they’re experiencing. Catherine Herridge reports.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held meetings today with diplomats from former Soviet republics while in Kazakhstan to discuss the war in Ukraine. Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko is in China for a three-day visit and to meet with President Xi Jinping. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab joins Anne-Marie Green and Vlad Duthiers from Kyiv with more
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Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Uzbekistan. CBS News anchors Errol Barnett and Jericka Duncan spoke with Charles Edel, Australia chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about the significance of the meeting.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers will introduce legislation in the House and Senate Thursday following a six-month CBS News investigation into toxic conditions at a military base used by U.S. service members after 9/11. It would guarantee health coverage and services for sick veterans who were exposed to toxic materials at the Uzbekistan base, known as K2. Catherine Herridge reports.
Senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joins CBSN AM with an update to an investigation into veterans' exposure to toxic military base Karshi-Khanabad, known as K2, in Uzbekistan. President Donald Trump signed an executive order late in his term recognizes veterans who served at the base and investigates any health consequences related to toxic exposure there, a move that many K2 veterans met with gratitude.
Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller has drafted an executive order after a CBS News investigation revealed new evidence of toxic exposure at a remote military base in Uzbekistan that was used after September 11. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge, who spoke to Miller, has the details.
While nearly 2,500 current and former service members have now reported rare cancers or other illnesses they believe are linked to their deployments, officials aren't acknowledging a link between K2 and illness.
Service members believe their rare cancers and other illnesses stem from their time served on the Karshi-Khanabad base after 9/11.
A CBS News investigation reveals new evidence in the cases of service members who believe their rare cancers and other illnesses stem from time served on a remote base after 9/11. They say they were exposed to toxic materials at a former Soviet airbase in Uzbekistan known as K2, located about 100 miles from Afghanistan. Catherine Herridge reports.
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