Today’s Congressional Hearing Raises Questions of VA Career Staff Commitment to Gulf War Veterans, VA Appointees

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans Affairs subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is holding a hearing on Gulf War illness at 10 EDT today (Tuesday, July 27, 2010).  

Click on the link below for the live webcast of the hearing.

 

Opening Statements

• Hon. Harry E. Mitchell, Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

 

Witness Testimonies

 

Panel 1

• Donald D. Overton, Jr., Executive Director, Veterans of Modern Warefare
• Ian de Planque, Deputy Director, Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission, American Legion
• Paul Sullivan, Executive Director, Veterans for Common Sense

Panel 2

• The Honorable Charles L. Cragin, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Stephen L. Hauser, M.D., Professor and Chair of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, and, Chair, Committee on Gulf War and Health: Health Effects of Serving in the Gul War, Update 2009, Board on the Health of Selection Populations, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies
• James H. Binns, Chairman, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illinesses

Panel 3

• John R. Gingrich, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Accompanied By:
• Victoria Cassano, M.D., MPH, Director, Radiation and Physical Exposures Service, Acting Director, Environmental Agents Service, Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Joel Kupersmith, M.D., Chief Research and Development Officer, Office of Research and Development, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Bradley Mayes, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Panel 4:  Submissions for the Record

• Kirt P. Love, Director, Desert Storm Battle Registry
• James A. Bunker, President, National Gulf War Resource Center