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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Dear Constance:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Also keep in mind that seeing a child with a deformity does not without further evidence, mean that Agent Orange with its dioxin contaminant was the or a
causal agent.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">There are enormous needs in Vietnam, but only some issues are Agent Orange related.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Constance McDonough-Thayer [mailto:connmt0203@gmail.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 02, 2013 10:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Arnold Schecter<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Chuck Palazzo; AO Working Group; SANRM ngocenter; Marie Helene Lavallard; Len Aldis; Chuck Searcy; Margrit Schlosser; Lady Borton; Wayne Dwernychuk; DAVA Tien; Senior Colonel Dr. Tam; vava@vava.org.vn; Hien Nguyen; Col. Minh Y; Heather A. Bowser;
Kim Browne; Ken Young; Kenneth J Herrmann Jr; Toan Bui Van; Tran Tuyet Hanh (SKMT); Eric Frater<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Biology Thesis about the biology of Agent Orange</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you so much for the e-mail. I will absolutely read Dioxins and Health, thank you for the recommendation. I am currently a student at Harvard, finishing up in the spring. I am not completely sure what my graduate school plans are,
but I have completed my pre-med requirements in case I decide to apply to medical school. I am also very interested in public health and midwifery, so I am considering applying to those programs as well. I'm eager to get back to Da Nang with a higher degree
as soon as I can, since what I find to be most frustrating now is what I do not know and I'm sure that there is more I will be able to do for the people here with more education. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I first witnessed the effects of Agent Orange when I came over in 2010 and have been relentlessly interested since, changing my focus from Social Sciences to Biology and am incredibly excited to be able to write about it in the fall.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am so appreciative of all of the information and look forward to being in touch more.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you again,</p>
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