SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
BACHUS 35 36 37 38 39 44 70 71 72
73 77 84 87 91 92 93 94 95
96 97 98 99 100 101
BROWN 53 54 55
BUYER 55 56 57 58 59 60
CLYBURN 4 33 34 35 68 69 70
COOKSEY 51 52 77 79 80 81
EDGERTON 98 99
EVANS 8 40 41 42 43 73 74 75
EVERETT 3 26 27 28 29 30
FLOWERS 77 78 79 80 81 82 83
FORD 84 87 94 95 96 97 99 100 101
GUTIERREZ 5 30 31 32
HUBER 23 24 29 30 51 56 57 67 68
HUTCHINSON 60 61 62 81 82 83
KENNEDY 20 21 26 43 62 63 64 65 66
LEAVITT 20 21 24 47 51 66
MASCARA 47 48 49 50
PUGLISI 84 85 91 92 93 97 98
QUINN 83
ROSTKER 10 24 27 28 29 30 31 36 37
38 39 46 48 50 51 52 53 55
56 58 59 61 65 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74
SNYDER 44 45 46 47 75 76 77
STEARNS 1 4 7 8 9 13 14 18 20
23 24 25 26 29 30 32 35 39
43 44 47 49 50 53 55 59 60
62 66 67 68 70 73 74 75 77
78 79 81 83
WALPOLE 13 14 18 24 25 26 27 32 33
34 35 38 40 41 42 44 45 49
50 53 55 59 61 62 63 64 65
66 67 70 72 73 75 76
CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STEARNS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. TERRY EVERETT, CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATION
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LUIS V. GUTIERREZ
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. LANE EVANS, RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, FULL COMMITTEE ON VETERANS'
AFFAIRS
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TESTIMONY OF BERNARD ROSTKER, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR GULF WAR
ILLNESS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; ROBERT D. WALPOLE, CHIEF OF PERSIAN GULF WAR ILLNESSES TASK FORCE,
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY; COL. THOMAS P. LEAVITT, CHIEF, INSPECTIONS DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF
THE ARMY INSPECTOR GENERAL; AND COL. JOE HUBER, OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY
FOR OPERATIONS
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TESTIMONY OF BERNARD ROSTKER
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TESTIMONY OF ROBERT D. WALPOLE
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TESTIMONY OF COL. THOMAS P. LEAVITT
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TESTIMONY OF COL. JOE HUBER
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. SPENCER BACHUS
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. ASA HUTCHINSON
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STATEMENT OF ROBERT B. FLOWERS, COMMANDING GENERAL, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION, U.S. ARMY CORPS
OF ENGINEERS; PRESIDENT, MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION
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STATEMENTS OF MATTHEW PUGLISI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, NATIONAL VETERANS AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION,
THE AMERICAN LEGION; AND JEFFREY S. FORD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL GULF WAR RESOURCE CENTER
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STATEMENT OF MATTHEW PUGLISI
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STATEMENT OF JEFFREY S. FORD
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