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Army details Agent Orange testing at Fort Detrick, denies link to area's cancer cluster

For the first time, Army officials are now admitting how much Agent Orange was tested at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland.

The amount was greater than ever before admitted -- 17 pounds of Agent Orange tested from 1944 to 1963.

Also significant, the Army now admits it was Tactical Agent Orange. Designed for warfare, designed to kill.