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Trump Ties Camp Lejeune Payments to Election Outcomes. Veterans Advocates Say That Crosses a Line.

For decades, Marines and their families stationed at Camp Lejeune drank water laced with toxic chemicals — and for decades, they've fought the federal government for accountability. Now, a statement by President Donald Trump has raised a troubling new question: should the compensation those veterans are owed depend on how Americans vote in next month's midterm elections?