SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BEDRICK 10 32 34 BOSWELL 73 74 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 BUJAC 80 85 87 94 BUYER 67 68 69 70 71 72 89 90 91 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 CLYBURN 5 20 21 22 23 25 116 117 118 COSTANZO 44 45 46 EVANS 28 EVERETT 1 6 7 8 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 56 57 59 60 61 62 63 65 66 67 71 72 73 78 79 80 81 82 83 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 97 98 100 101 102 103 107 109 115 116 117 118 HEMBRA 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 HUTCHINSON 8 KERLIN 52 55 56 MASCARA 8 33 34 35 METZLER 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 NICOLLS 57 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 ROSECRANS 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 SNYDER 8 28 29 30 31 32 33 40 41 42 43 47 48 53 54 55 56 63 64 65 84 85 86 88 89 103 104 106 107 SPENCE 43 44 67 STUMP 6 24 53 65 66 86 87 88 107 108 109 110 TRAPANI 10 19 25 WEST 94 98 99 101 102 103 104 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN EVERETT PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN PAGE 4 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB STUMP, CHAIRMAN, FULL COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS PAGE 6 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. VIC SNYDER PAGE 8 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK MASCARA PAGE 8 TESTIMONY OF MR. RICHARD L. HEMBRA, ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; ACCOMPANIED BY BARRY R. BEDRICK, ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL, OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; MARK TRAPANI, SENIOR EVALUATOR, HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION OF THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PAGE 9 TESTIMONY OF RAYMOND J. COSTANZO, FORMER SUPERINTENDENT, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY; ACCOMPANIED BY JOHN C. METZLER, JR., SUPERINTENDENT, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY PAGE 36 TESTIMONY OF CAPTAIN MICHAEL ROSECRANS, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL MARITIME CENTER, U.S. COAST GUARD; ACCOMPANIED BY DONALD J. KERLIN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, NATIONAL MARITIME CENTER, U.S. COAST GUARD PAGE 48 TESTIMONY OF NORMA C. NICOLLS, FORMER PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO M. LARRY LAWRENCE PAGE 57 TESTIMONY OF AMBASSADOR ERIC J. BOSWELL, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DIPLOMATIC SECURITY, BUREAU OF DIPLOMATIC SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF STATE; ACCOMPANIED BY GREGORIE BUJAC, DIRECTOR, DIPLOMATIC SECURITY SERVICE PAGE 73 TESTIMONY OF HON. TOGO D. WEST, JR., ACTING SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PAGE 94 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING