Interview: 'I'm in Perfect Health'; John Kerry speaks out on the Agent Orange wars and his own feelings about fighting in contaminated battlefields.

From: Newsweek | Date: March 8, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Michael Isikoff

It has been a subject of passionate interest for John Kerry throughout his Senate career. But the Democratic presidential front runner has not spoken publicly about his own brush with Agent Orange in Vietnam until now. He talked with NEWSWEEK's Michael Isikoff by phone from the campaign trail. Excerpts:

NEWSWEEK: How cognizant of [Agent Orange] were you at the time?

KERRY: When I was in my first missions in the south of Saig...

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