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A burn pit is an area of a United States military base in which waste is disposed of by burning.
Service member disposing of uniforms. Military uniforms must be burned to ensure they cannot be worn by enemy forces who do not obey the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.
Waste burning in the 1st Marine Division support area in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War in 1991
A Drug Enforcement Administration team member destroying opium and drug-making chemicals at a burn pit at a forward operating base in Marjah, Afghanistan
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Beau Biden
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Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III was an American politician, lawyer, and Army National Guard officer who served as the 44th attorney general of Delaware from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Biden famil
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…pits. Cancers: One veteran believed her fatal pancreatic cancer was caused by burn pit exposure. Joe Biden believes that exposure contributed to his son Beau Biden's brain cancer. Other veterans were concerned that exposure contributed to illnesses including cancer, but many were denied compensation claims due to…
Biden in 2012
Biden as a child, c. 1980s
General Francis D. Vavala administers the oath of office to Beau Biden alongside his father in 2004.
Biden giving his victory speech after being elected Attorney General of Delaware in 2006, as his father and step-mother look on