WITNESS LIST 

Panel 1

Honorable Christopher H. Smith
Chairman, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs   
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Panel 2

Honorable Leo S. Mackay, Jr. 
Deputy Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs

Honorable David S.C. Chu
Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)   
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Honorable Nancy Dorn
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget   
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Dr. Gail R. Wilensky
Co-Chair, President’s Task Force To Improve Health Care Delivery For Our Nation’s Veterans   
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Panel 3

Robert Washington
Director, Membership Services, Fleet Reserve Association, and Co-Chair, The Military 
Coalition Health Care Committee
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Deirdre Parke Holleman
Co-Chair, Health Care Committee, National Military Veterans Alliance   
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Steve Robertson
Director, Legislative Affairs, The American Legion   
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Harley Thomas
Health Policy Analyst, Paralyzed Veterans of America   
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Joy J. Ilem
Assistant National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans   
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Dennis Cullinan
Director of Legislative Services, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
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