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Eliminating the Gaps: Examining Women Veterans’ Issues
Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA) | Room 334 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC
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07/16/2009
Opening Statements
Witnesses
Panel 1
- Joy J. Ilem, Disabled American Veterans, Deputy National Legislative Director
- Anuradha P. Bhagwati, MPP, Service Women's Action Network, Executive Director
- Dawn Halfaker, Wounded Warrior Project, Vice President, Board of Directors
- First Sergeant Delilah Washburn, USAF (Ret.), and Houston Regional Director, Texas Veterans Commission, President, National Association of State Women Veterans Coordinators, Inc.
- Kayla M. Williams, MA, Author, Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army, Member, Board of Directors, Grace After Fire
Panel 2
- Randall B. Williamson, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Director, Health Care
- Phyllis E. Greenberger, M.S.W, Society for Women’s Health Research, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Janice L. Krupnick, Ph.D., Director, Trauma and Loss Program, Georgetown University Medical Center, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, on behalf of Committee on Veterans’ Compensation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, The National Academies
Panel 3
- Bradley G. Mayes, Veterans Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Director, Compensation and Pension Service
- Lawrence Deyton, M.D., MSPH, Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Chief Public Health and Environmental Hazards Officer
- Irene Trowell-Harris, RN, Ed.D., U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Director, Center for Women Veterans
- Accompanied By:
- Patricia M. Hayes, Ph.D., Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Chief Consultant, Women Veterans Health Strategic Health Group
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