SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS
A'ZERA 61 64 66 72 73
BACKHUS 59 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
BILIRAKIS 58 63 64 65 66 67 70 71 72
73 74
CHRISTOPHERSON 35 56 57
COOKSEY 10 29 30 31 42 43 44 49 56
57 58
DRAKE 63 66
EVANS 6 27 28 29
FUREY 46 47 49 51 52 55 57
GARTHWAITE 33 40 42 45 46 48 49 50 54
55
GUTIERREZ 3 25 27 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 67 68 69 70
71 72 73
HODGSON 19 20 22 27 30 31
HUTCHINSON 32
HYAMS 10 19 23 24 25 28 31
KENNEDY 7
MAZZUCHI 35 37 43 44 47 48 56
MILLER 14
MURPHY 43 57
PUGLISI 16 19 21 22 26 28 29 30
STEARNS 1 6 7 10 13 14 16 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 27 29 32
35 40 73
VAN HORN 46 49 50 53
CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS
OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN STEARNS
PAGE 1
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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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II
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STATEMENTS OF CAPTAIN CRAIG HYAMS, M.D., U.S. NAVY, INFECTIOUS DISEASES DEPARTMENT, NAVAL MEDICAL
RESEARCH INSTITUTE; RICHARD MILLER, M.D., DIRECTOR, MEDICAL FOLLOW-UP AGENCY, INSTITUTE OF
MEDICINE, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; MATTHEW PUGLISI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR GULF WAR VETERANS,
NATIONAL VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION, ACCOMPANIED BY
MICHAEL HODGSON, M.D., UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
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STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN CRAIG HYAMS
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STATEMENT OF RICHARD MILLER
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STATEMENT OF MATTHEW PUGLISI
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STATEMENTS OF THOMAS L. GARTHWAITE, M.D., DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS; ACCOMPANIED BY FRANCES MURPHY, M.D., DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS SERVICE,
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; JOAN FUREY, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR WOMEN VETERANS, DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS; ANDREA VAN HORN, CNP, WOMEN VETERANS' COORDINATOR/PRIMARY CARE NURSE
PRACTITIONER, VA MARYLAND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; GARY CHRISTOPHERSON, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS; PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE; JOHN F. MAZZUCHI, Ph.D., DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CLINICAL AND PROGRAM POLICY,
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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STATEMENT OF THOMAS L. GARTHWAITE
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STATEMENT OF GARY CHRISTOPHERSON
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STATEMENT OF JOHN MAZZUCHI
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STATEMENTS OF STEPHEN BACKHUS, DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES,
HEALTH, EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; ACCOMPANIED BY SHELIA
DRAKE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS AND MILITARY HEALTH CARE ISSUES, HEALTH, EDUCATION
AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE, AND VERONICA A'ZERA, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE
DIRECTOR, AMVETS
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STATEMENT OF STEPHEN BACKHUS
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STATEMENT OF VERONICA A'ZERA
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