SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS A'ZERA 61 64 66 72 73 BACKHUS 59 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 BILIRAKIS 58 63 64 65 66 67 70 71 72 73 74 CHRISTOPHERSON 35 56 57 COOKSEY 10 29 30 31 42 43 44 49 56 57 58 DRAKE 63 66 EVANS 6 27 28 29 FUREY 46 47 49 51 52 55 57 GARTHWAITE 33 40 42 45 46 48 49 50 54 55 GUTIERREZ 3 25 27 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 HODGSON 19 20 22 27 30 31 HUTCHINSON 32 HYAMS 10 19 23 24 25 28 31 KENNEDY 7 MAZZUCHI 35 37 43 44 47 48 56 MILLER 14 MURPHY 43 57 PUGLISI 16 19 21 22 26 28 29 30 STEARNS 1 6 7 10 13 14 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 29 32 35 40 73 VAN HORN 46 49 50 53 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STEARNS PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ PAGE 3 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, FULL COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS PAGE 6 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II PAGE 7 STATEMENTS OF CAPTAIN CRAIG HYAMS, M.D., U.S. NAVY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES DEPARTMENT, NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE; RICHARD MILLER, M.D., DIRECTOR, MEDICAL FOLLOW-UP AGENCY, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; MATTHEW PUGLISI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR GULF WAR VETERANS, NATIONAL VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION, ACCOMPANIED BY MICHAEL HODGSON, M.D., UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PAGE 10 STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN CRAIG HYAMS PAGE 10 STATEMENT OF RICHARD MILLER PAGE 14 STATEMENT OF MATTHEW PUGLISI PAGE 16 STATEMENTS OF THOMAS L. GARTHWAITE, M.D., DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY FRANCES MURPHY, M.D., DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; JOAN FUREY, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR WOMEN VETERANS, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; ANDREA VAN HORN, CNP, WOMEN VETERANS' COORDINATOR/PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER, VA MARYLAND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; GARY CHRISTOPHERSON, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS; PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; JOHN F. MAZZUCHI, Ph.D., DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CLINICAL AND PROGRAM POLICY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PAGE 32 STATEMENT OF THOMAS L. GARTHWAITE PAGE 33 STATEMENT OF GARY CHRISTOPHERSON PAGE 35 STATEMENT OF JOHN MAZZUCHI PAGE 37 STATEMENTS OF STEPHEN BACKHUS, DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; ACCOMPANIED BY SHELIA DRAKE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, AND VERONICA A'ZERA, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, AMVETS PAGE 58 STATEMENT OF STEPHEN BACKHUS PAGE 58 STATEMENT OF VERONICA A'ZERA PAGE 61 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING