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The committee report also backs Robinson's call for more effective treatments among veterans suffering from Gulf War illness.
CNN: Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says
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"Gulf War illness isn't some imaginary syndrome, " said Ken Robinson, the senior intelligence officer for the initial Department of Defense investigation into Gulf War illness in 1996-97.
CNN: Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says
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The illness is identified as the consequence of multiple "biological alterations" affecting the brain and nervous system. iReport.com: Do you know someone affected by Gulf War illness?
CNN: Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says
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And I helped to establish the commission that recognized Gulf War Illness as the serious problem it is for our vets who served in the first Gulf War, and we began to address it.
CNN: Clinton's September 17, 2007, speech on health care
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The report does not rule out other possible contributors to Gulf War illness -- including low-level exposure to nerve agents and close proximity to oil well fires -- though it fails to establish any clear link.
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The report backs Robinson's conclusion, noting that no problem similar to Gulf War illness has been discovered among veterans from the conflict in Bosnia in the 1990s or in the current engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Robinson noted that soldiers in the field today are not at risk for Gulf War illness, because the military is no longer using the PB pills or pesticides that led to the illness in 1990 and 1991.
CNN: Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says