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During a 13-month stint in Iraq that began in 2006, Heath Robinson served as a medic with the Ohio National Guard. Like thousands of others soldiers stationed there, he was routinely exposed to toxic smoke emanating from what are known as burn pits.

Tears of both sadness and joy filled the White House on Wednesday morning as President Joe Biden signed into law a bill to assist veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service.

Provisions in the veterans measure allow victims of the Camp Lejeune contamination to seek compensation from the government in federal court.

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.

‘What you have done, Jon, matters,’ Biden tells Stewart

The new law is expected to help about 3.5 million veterans who have been exposed to burn pits since 9/11.

EXCLUSIVE: For more than a decade, the veteran community has fought for the US government to take the issue of burn pits seriously. Veterans, advocates and those who have lost loved ones along the way speak to Rachel Sharp about the bittersweet victory as President Biden signs the PACT Act…

President Joe Biden is set to sign into law a bill that aims to help military veterans exposed to toxic burn pits

‘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.