SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
BACKHUS          4     10     11     12     13     14     15     16     17  
                18     19     22     23     24  
CATLETT         32     34     39     40  
GARTHWAITE      26     30     31     32     33     34     35     36     37  
                38     39     41  
PETERSON         3     14     15     16     17     18  
REYNOLDS        13     14     17     18     20     21     22     23     25  
RODRIGUEZ       18     21     22     23     33     34     35     36     37  
                38     41  
STEARNS          1      3      4      7     10     11     12     13     14  
                18     23     24     25     26     30     31     32     33  
                38     39     40     41  
WINSHIP          7     12     20     24     25  
YARBROUGH       31     35  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STEARNS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. COLLIN C. PETERSON
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STATEMENTS OF STEPHEN P. BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, 
HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, ACCOMPANIED BY 
PAUL REYNOLDS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR; AND DANIEL H. WINSHIP, M.D., DEAN, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO 
STRITCH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, MAYWOOD, IL
                                                                 PAGE     4

STATEMENT OF DR. WINSHIP
                                                                 PAGE     7

OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS L. GARTHWAITE, M.D., DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS, ACCOMPANIED BY CHARLES V. YARBROUGH, CHIEF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND D. MARK CATLETT, DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR BUDGET, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS
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