The meeting last April was supposed to be a scientific review, but the scene looked more like boxers lining up for their turn at a punchbag. The target was Robert Jesse, who at the time was deputy undersecretary for health at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Veterans, scientists and VA administrators were meeting in Washington DC to discuss Gulf War illness, a complex disorder that affects some 250,000 veterans of the 1990-91 military operations in the Gulf. After 24 years, the condition is still the subject of intense controversy in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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