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Advocacy and Exchange Program on Agent Orange

Program Summary

The Aspen Institute Advocacy and Exchange Program on Agent Orange/Dioxin promotes dialogue within the US policy community, and between the United States and Vietnam, on solutions to the continuing impact of the wartime use of herbicides in Vietnam.
The impact of war can last decades beyond the ceasefire. With support from the Ford Foundation, The Aspen Institute Advocacy and Exchange Program on Agent Orange/Dioxin is a two-year project to help Americans and Vietnamese address the continuing health and environmental impact of herbicides sprayed in Vietnam during the war.

Walter Isaacson and Lt. General Phung Khac Dang, Vice President of the Vietnam V
Walter Isaacson and Lt. General Phung Khac Dang, Vice President of the Vietnam Veterans Association are briefed on dioxin containment work at Danang Airport

On June 4th, several members of the US-Vietnam Dialogue Group, among others, submitted testimony in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment.