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 PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BOB FILNER PAGE 4 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RAY LAHOOD PAGE 5 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. J.D. HAYWORTH PAGE 7 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 PAGE 12 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 PAGE 33 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 PAGE 39 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING