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
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STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN CRAIG HYAMS
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STATEMENT OF RICHARD MILLER
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STATEMENT OF MATTHEW PUGLISI
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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
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS L. GARTHWAITE
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STATEMENT OF GARY CHRISTOPHERSON
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STATEMENT OF JOHN MAZZUCHI
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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
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STATEMENT OF STEPHEN BACKHUS
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STATEMENT OF VERONICA A'ZERA
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