SPEAKER INDEX    CONTENTS   INSERTS   
BACKHUS         10     15     16     17     18     19     20  
BECRAFT         27     28     29     30     31     32     33  
CLARK           12  
COREA           45     46  
DOYLE           19     20  
EVANS           26     33  
FILNER           4     17     18     28     31     32     36     37  
HAYWORTH         7  
HERRLING        45  
LAHOOD           5     20     25     26     32     33     35     36     38  
                39     40     42     43     44     45     46     47  
MEANS           47  
QUINN            1      5      6      7     10     12     14     15     16  
                17     19     20     22     23     25     26     30     31  
RAPP            22     23     26     33     35     36     37     38  
RODRIGUEZ       38     39  
VITIKACS         8     15     16     18     19  
WOERNER         40     42     43     44     45     47  

CONTENTS    SPEAKERS   INSERTS   
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN QUINN
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RAY LAHOOD
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. J.D. HAYWORTH
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STATEMENTS OF JOHN VITIKACS, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, 
THE AMERICAN LEGION; STEPHEN P. BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE 
ISSUES, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; AND DAVID L. CLARK, DIRECTOR, AUDIT OVERSIGHT AND LIAISON, 
U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                                                                 PAGE     7

STATEMENT OF JOHN VITIKACS
                                                                 PAGE     7

STATEMENT OF STEPHEN P. BACKHUS
                                                                 PAGE    10

STATEMENT OF DAVID L. CLARK
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STATEMENTS OF CAROLYN BECRAFT, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL, FAMILY SUPPORT 
AND EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; AND ROGER R. RAPP, ACTING DIRECTOR, NATIONAL CEMETERY 
SYSTEM, ACCOMPANIED BY VINCENT L. BARILE, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF OPERATIONS SUPPORT, NATIONAL 
CEMETERY SYSTEM
                                                                 PAGE    27

STATEMENT OF CAROLYN BECRAFT
                                                                 PAGE    27

STATEMENT OF ROGER R. RAPP
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STATEMENT OF GEN. FRED WOERNER, U.S. ARMY (RET.), CHAIRMAN, AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION, 
ACCOMPANIED BY MAJOR GENERAL JOHN P. HERRLING, U.S. ARMY (RET.), SECRETARY, AMERICAN BATTLE 
MONUMENTS COMMISSION; KENNETH S. POND, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION; 
COLONEL ANTHONY N. COREA, U.S. AIR FORCE, DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS AND FINANCE, AMERICAN BATTLE 
MONUMENTS COMMISSION; AND COLONEL DALE F. MEANS, U.S. ARMY, DIRECTOR ENGINEERING AND MAINTENANCE, 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
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