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NEWS from Hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs obligation to assist veterans in filing claims for benefits and H.R. 3193, the Duty to Assist Veterans Act of 1999

Thursday, March 23, 2000 9:30 a.m

AMVETS WRITTEN TESTIMONY FOR THE RECORD HOWIE DEWOLF

Witness List and Statements

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Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL), Ranking Democratic Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, left, listens to testimony at the March 23 oversight hearing, while Benefits Subcommittee Chairman Jack Quinn (R-NY) reads a written statement. At right, Subcommittee Vice Chairman J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) stresses a point to a witness.
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Joseph Thompson, VA’s Under Secretary for Benefits, center, left photo, gives the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) point of view. With him are Robert Epley, left, VBA’s Director of Compensation and Pension Service; and John H. Thompson, VA’s Deputy General Counsel. Leonard J. Selfon, right photo, Director, Veterans Benefits Program, Vietnam Veterans of America, testifies on a panel that included Richard C. Schneider, left, Director, State/Veterans Affairs, Non Commissioned Officers Association; and Rick Surratt, Deputy National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans.

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Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA), Ranking Democratic Member of the Benefits Subcommittee, left, questions the hearing’s final panel, which consisted of, from left in the right photo, Geoff Hopkins, Associate Legislative Director, Paralyzed Veterans of America;John McNeill, Assistant Director, Veterans Benefits Policy, National Veterans Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars; and Carroll Williams, Director, National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission, The American Legion.

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