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
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. RAY LAHOOD
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OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. J.D. HAYWORTH
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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
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STATEMENT OF JOHN VITIKACS
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STATEMENT OF STEPHEN P. BACKHUS
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STATEMENT OF DAVID L. CLARK
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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
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STATEMENT OF CAROLYN BECRAFT
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STATEMENT OF ROGER R. RAPP
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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
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