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President Obama To Sign Camp Lejeune Families Act

A bill that helps military families harmed over 30 years by water at Camp Lejeune will become law today.

Gurnal Scott: President Obama will sign into law later today the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act at a ceremony in the Oval Office. It will mark the culmination of years of work by North Carolina's congressional delegation to address concerns of families affected by contaminated drinking water at the Marine base between 1957 and 1987. Thirteenth District congressman Brad Miller says the effort to help these families shows "there should have been much more loyalty down the chain of command as there was up the chain of command." Senator Kay Hagan says the signing of the bill is simply another step. She says while the law will provide the care these families need, there are more answers that need to be uncovered about what happened. She says she will continue fighting on their behalf.

Gurnal Scott joined North Carolina Public Radio in March 2012 after several stops in radio and television. After graduating from the College of Charleston in his South Carolina hometown, he began his career in radio there. He started as a sports reporter at News/Talk Radio WTMA and won five Sportscaster of the Year awards. In 1997, Gurnal moved on to television as general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WCSC-TV in Charleston. He anchored the market's top-rated weekend newscasts until leaving Charleston for Memphis, TN in 2002. Gurnal worked at WPTY-TV for two years before returning to his roots in radio. He joined the staff of Memphis' NewsRadio 600 WREC in 2004 eventually rising to News Director. In 2006, Raleigh news radio station WPTF came calling and he became the station's chief correspondent. Gurnal’s reporting has been honored by the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, the North Carolina Associated Press, and the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas.
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