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WITNESS LIST

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON BENEFITS

Hearing on H.R. 3173, H.R. 3735, H.R. 3771, H.R. 4042

and Two Draft Bills, the Arlington National Cemetery Burial

Eligibility Act, and Legislation Providing Dependency and

Indemnity Compensation to the Surviving Spouse of a

Veteran with a Totally Disabling Service-Connected Cold

Weather Injury

Tuesday, June 11, 2002, 10:00 a.m.
334 Cannon House Office Building 

Panel 1

Honorable Luis Gutierrez
U.S. Representative (D-IL)

Panel 2

Honorable Daniel L. Cooper
Under Secretary for Benefits
Veterans Benefits Administration
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Accompanied by:

Mr. Robert Epley
Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Program Management
Veterans Benefits Administration

Mr. John H. Thompson
Deputy General Counsel

Panel 3

Mr. Craig Duehring
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs)
Department of Defense
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Mr. Thurman Higginbotham
Deputy Superintendent
Arlington National Cemetery 
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Panel 4

Mr. Brian E. Lawrence
Associate National Legislative Director
Disabled American Veterans
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Mr. Carl Blake
Associate Legislative Director
Paralyzed Veterans of America
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Mr. Patrick G. Eddington
Associate Director of Government Relations
Vietnam Veterans of America
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Mr. Richard Jones
National Legislative Director
AMVETS
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Panel 5

Mr. Thomas Miller
Executive/Legislative Director
Blinded Veterans Association
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Mr. James R. Fischl
Director, National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission
The American Legion
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Mr. Sidney Daniels
Assistant Director for Veterans Benefits Policy
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
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Mr. Daniel Borinsky
Attorney at Law