SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
BORREGO 33
BURNS 38 46
CRAGIN 30 31 37
DEAR CONGRESSMAN MASCARA 26
DEAR MR. GOBER 29
DEAR MR. SECRETARY 20 22
DUFFY 15 25 26 27
EGAN 27 28
EVANS 30
EVERETT 1 2 6 8 9 12 14 19 24
25 28 30 31 33 36 37 39 41
44 45 47 48
FAGNONI 2 6 9 10 11 12 14
FRANK MASCARA 26
HERSHEL GOBER 29
HERSHEL W. GOBER 22
JESSE BROWN 20
MANHAN 44 45
MASCARA 10 11 25 26 28 45 46 47
SNOOK 3 8 9 13
SNYDER 12 13 14
SURRATT 39 46 47 48
WHITNEY 12
WILLIAMS 41 46 47 48 45
CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN EVERETT
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STATEMENTS OF DENNIS W. SNOOK, SPECIALIST, SOCIAL LEGISLATION, EDUCATION AND PUBLIC WELFARE
DIVISION, CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; CYNTHIA M. FAGNONI, ASSOCIATE
DIRECTOR, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE;
ACCOMPANIED BY BRUCE D. LAYTON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND HUMAN SERVICES
DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; AND GREG D. WHITNEY, EVALUATION-IN-CHARGE, HEALTH,
EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
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STATEMENT OF DENNIS M. SNOOK
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STATEMENT OF CYNTHIA M. FAGNONI
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK MASCARA
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STATEMENT OF DENNIS DUFFY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLICY AND PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY D. MARK CATLETT, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS; AND NORA EGAN, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
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STATEMENTS OF CHARLES L. CRAGIN, PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (RESERVE
AFFAIRS), DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; GARY CHRISTOPHERSON, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE (HEALTH AFFAIRS), DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; LT. GEN. NORMAN LEZY, DEPUTY ASSISTANT
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY), DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; AL BORREGO, ASSISTANT
SECRETARY-DESIGNATE, VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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STATEMENT OF CHARLES L. CRAGIN
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STATEMENT OF ESPIRIDION ''AL'' BORREGO
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STATEMENTS OF CHUCK BURNS, NATIONAL SERVICE DIRECTOR, AMVETS; RICK SURRATT, ASSISTANT NATIONAL
LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS; CARROLL L. WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VETERANS
AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION; BOB MANHAN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR,
NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SERVICE, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
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STATEMENT OF CHUCK BURNS
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STATEMENT OF RICK SURRATT
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STATEMENT OF CARROLL WILLIAMS
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