SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
BACKHUS         73  
BLAZER          19     20     21     22     23     29     31  
CAPLAN          11     19     20     23     25     27     28     29     30  
                31     32     33  
CHAN            50     51  
CHENOWETH       35     36     37     41     42  
CHRISTOPHERSON    45     54     60     62     64     65  
COOKSEY         25     29     30     31     32     44     45     47     50  
                51     55     62     63     64     65     66     67     68  
                69     70     71     73     75     76     77     78     79  
                80  
EVANS            3      7      8  
FEUSSNER        68  
FILNER           8     25     26     27     28     29     30     31     35  
                45     51     52     53     54     55     56     57     58  
                59     60     61     62     67     75     76  
GUTIERREZ       32     33  
HEIVILIN        47     69     70  
KENNEDY          4     21     22     23     24     25  
KIZER           36     37     51     52     53     54     65     66     67  
MATTISON        15     16     24     33  
MOFFITT         75     78  
MURPHY          54     58     59     63     69  
QUINN           22     23     25  
ROSTKER         41     42     44     45     54     55     56     57     58  
                60     61     67  
SMITH            1      4      7      8     10     15     19     20     21  
SNYDER          29  
THOMPSON        70     71     75     76     77     78     79  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CHRIS SMITH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                                                                 PAGE     1

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
                                                                 PAGE     2

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH KENNEDY, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF 
MASSACHUSETTS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                                                                 PAGE     8

STATEMENTS OF ARTHUR CAPLAN, Ph.D., MEMBER, PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON GULF WAR VETERANS' 
ILLNESSES; DONALD MATTISON, M.D., CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION, 
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, ACCOMPANIED BY AND DAN G. BLAZER, M.D., CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON THE 
COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL EVALUATION PROGRAM, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
                                                                 PAGE    10

STATEMENT OF ARTHUR CAPLAN
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STATEMENT OF DONALD MATTISON
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STATEMENTS OF KENNETH W. KIZER, M.D., M.P.H., UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS, ACCOMPANIED BY: FRANCES MURPHY, M.D., M.P.H., DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS SERVICE, 
CHIEF CONSULTANT, OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; JOHN F. FEUSSNER, M.D., CHIEF RESEARCH 
OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; BERNARD ROSTKER, Ph.D., SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY 
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR GULF WAR ILLNESSES, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; GARY CHRISTOPHERSON, ACTING 
PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; DONNA HEIVILIN, 
Ph.D., DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND REPORTING, NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION, 
U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, ACCOMPANIED BY KWAI CHAN, DIRECTOR, SPECIAL STUDIES AND 
EVALUATION, NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
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STATEMENT OF KENNETH KIZER
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STATEMENT OF BERNARD ROSTKER
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STATEMENT OF GARY CHRISTOPHERSON
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STATEMENT OF DONNA HEIVILIN
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STATEMENTS OF JOSEPH THOMPSON, UNDER SECRETARY FOR BENEFITS, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; 
STEPHEN BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, HEALTH, EDUCATION, 
AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; AND KRISTINE MOFFITT
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STATEMENT OF JOSEPH THOMPSON
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STATEMENT OF STEPHEN BACKHUS
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