( March 11, 2026, 1:53 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 10 announced in a press release that in the last three weeks it has approved 649 settlement offers for claimants worth $175 million under its Elective Option (EO) program to settle claims filed pursuant to the Camp Lejeune Justice Act (CLJA). The EO is a voluntary DOJ program that claimants may chose, as opposed to litigation, to resolve their claims for injuries from exposure to contaminated drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina....