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HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS 

HEARING ON VA RESEARCH AND NONPROFIT VA

RESEARCH CORPORATIONS AND EDUCATION

FOUNDATIONS 

Thursday, September 19, 2002, 11:00 a.m.
334 Cannon House Office Building 

Panel 1 

Honorable Benjamin H. Wu
Deputy Under Secretary for Technology
Department of Commerce 
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Honorable Robert H. Roswell
Under Secretary for Health
Department of Veterans Affairs 
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Accompanied by: 

James Burris M.D.
Acting Chief Research and Development Officer
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Mindy Aisen, M.D.
Director of Rehabilitation Research and Development
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs 

John H. Mather, M.D.
Chief Officer
Office of Research Compliance and Assurance
Department of Veterans Affairs

Panel 2 

Mr. Michael Slachta Jr.
Assistant Inspector General for Audit
Department of Veterans Affairs 
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Accompanied by: 

Mr. John Bilobran
Deputy Assistant Inspector General for Audit
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Ms. Cynthia Bascetta
Director
Veterans’ Health and Benefits Issues
U.S. General Accounting Office 
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Accompanied by:  

Mr. Michael Blair
Assistant Director of Health Care
U.S. General Accounting Office 

Panel 3 

Mr. John A. Bradley
Director of Finance
Office of Research and Development
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Wendy Baldwin, M.D.
Deputy Director for Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health 

Mr. Henry Kirschenman
Certified Public Accountant
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Mr. Antonio Laracuente
Chairman
National Association of Veterans’ Research and Education Foundations
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