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Panel 1 

Thomas Horvath, M.D.
Chief of Staff
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Houston, TX 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Terence Keane, Ph.D.
Director
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
VA Boston Health Care System 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Harold Kudler, M.D.
Co-Chair, Under Secretary for Health’s Special Committee on PTSD
Durham VA Medical Center 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Sally Satel, M.D.
Resident Scholar
The American Enterprise Institute 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 2 

Honorable Robert H. Roswell, M.D.
Under Secretary for Health
Department of Veterans Affairs 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Accompanied by: 

Alfonso R. Batres, Ph.D., MSW
Chief Officer, Readjustment Counseling Service
Department of Veterans Affairs 

And 

Laurent S. Lehmann, M.D.
Chief Consultant, Mental Health Strategic Health Care Group
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Panel 3 

Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Brown
Chaplain
United States Army 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Lieutenant Charles E. Hodges
Chaplain Corps
United States Naval Reserve
Parris Island, SC 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Commander Mark Jumper
Staff Chaplain
United States Coast Guard Academy
New London, CT
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Chaplain Robert W. Mikol
Clinical Chaplain
Lyons Campus of the VA New Jersey Health Care System 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Father Philip G. Salois
VISN 1 Chaplain Program Manager
VA Boston Health Care System 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Submitting for the Record 

Matthew J. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Richard Jones
National Legislative Director
AMVETS 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Carol Rutherford
Director
The American Legion 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. David Gorman
Executive Director
Disabled American Veterans 

Mr. Delatorro L. McNeal
Executive Director
Paralyzed Veterans of America 

Mr. Robert Wallace
Executive Director
Veterans of Foreign Wars 

Mr. Thomas H. Corey
President
Vietnam Veterans of America