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September 30 at 10 a.m.
Full Committee Hearing
“The True Cost of the War”

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Hearings » Gulf War Illness: The Future for Dissatisfied Veterans

Opening Statements

• Hon. Harry E. Mitchell, Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
• Hon. David P. Roe, Ranking Republican Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Witness Testimonies

• Panel 1

• Donald D. Overton, Jr., Executive Director, Veterans of Modern Warfare
• Ian C. 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 Gulf 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' Illnesses



• 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 G. Mayes, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs



• Panel 4

• Submissions for the Record 

• Adrian Atizado, Assistant National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans
• Kirt P. Love, Director, Desert Storm Battle Registry, Crawford, TX
• Vivianne Cisneros Wersel, Au.D., Chair, Government Relations Committee, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc.
• James A. Bunker, President, National Gulf War Resource Center
• Major Denise Nichols, RN, MSN, USAFR (Ret.), Vice Chair, National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition
• Anthony Hardie, Member, Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses; Gulf War Steering Committee, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and Gulf War Illness Research Program Integration Panel, Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, U.S. Department of Defense