SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BACKHUS 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 CLAY 20 COOPER 32 42 44 45 DEAL 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 EVANS 4 15 16 17 19 20 28 29 30 31 44 45 46 EVERETT 1 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 35 37 38 41 42 43 44 46 JACOBSON 42 MCKENZIE 37 38 41 44 45 46 MECHER 10 11 MOSLEY 35 43 44 REYNOLDS 29 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN EVERETT PAGE 1 OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, FULL COMMITTEEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS PAGE 4 STATEMENT OF LARRY R. DEAL, DIRECTOR, VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK 7, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS accompanied by CARTER E. MECHER, VISN 7 CLINICAL MANAGER, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS and JIMMIE L. CLAY, DIRECTOR, CENTRAL ALABAMA VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PAGE 5 STATEMENT OF STEPHEN BACKHUS, DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE accompanied by PAUL REYNOLDS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PAGE 21 STATEMENTS OF ANDREW J. COOPER, THE AMERICAN LEGION, ACCOMPANIED BY JAKE JACOBSON, IMMEDIATE PAST STATE COMMANDER, THE AMERICAN LEGION; THURSTON MOSLEY, STATE COMMANDER, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS; AND WILL McKENZIE, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA PAGE 31 STATEMENT OF ANDREW J. COOPER PAGE 32 STATEMENT OF THURSTON MOSLEY, STATE COMMANDER, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS PAGE 35 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM E. McKENZIE, VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA PAGE 37 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING