Senate Hearing for Veterans on Wednesday Oct 17

UNITED STATES SENATE

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS



Hearing on

VA and DOD Collaboration: Report of the President's Commission on Care For America's Returning Wounded Warriors; Report of the Veterans Disability Benefit Commission; and other related reports



October 17, 2007

9:30 a.m., Senate Dirksen 562



WITNESS LIST



PANEL I





• Honorable Bob Dole, Co-Chair, President’s Commission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors



• Honorable Donna Shalala, Co-Chair, President’s Commission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors



PANEL II







• Lieutenant General James Terry Scott, USA (Ret), Chairman, Veterans’ Disability Benefits Commission



• Honorable Patrick W. Dunne, Assistant Secretary for Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning, representing the Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror Heroes



• Honorable Togo D. West, Jr. Co-Chair, Independent Review Group, Report on Rehabilitative Care and Administrative Processes at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center



PANEL III



• Ms. Ariana Del Negro, wife of Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran



• Colonel Peter J. Duffy, USARNG (Ret), Deputy Director, Legislative Programs, National Guard Association of the United States



• Mr. Gerald Manar, Deputy Director, National Veterans Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars, representing supporters of The Independent Budget



• Ms. Meredith Beck, National Policy Director, Wounded Warrior Project



• Colonel Steven P. Strobridge, USAF (Ret), Director, Government Relations, Military Officers Association of America

The Senators that should be present on the Veterans Affairs Committee are:

Daniel K. Akaka, HI
CHAIRMAN
John D. Rockefeller IV,WV
Patty Murray, WA
Barack Obama, IL
Sherrod Brown, OH
Jon Tester, MT
Jim Webb, VA

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Independent
Bernard Sanders, VT

The Others (Republicans)

Richard Burr, NC RANKING MEMBER
Arlen Specter,PA
Larry Craig, ID
Johnny Isakson, GA
Lindsey Graham,SC
Kay Bailey Hutchison,TX
John Ensign,NV