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Panel 1 

Mrs. Arvilla Stiffler
Mother of Mr. Jason Stiffler
U.S. Army Veteran  
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

 Colonel Robert T. Frame, D.D.S.
U.S. Army Reserve
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Mr. Nelson Villegas
U.S. Army Veteran  
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Senior Master Sergeant Robbin Halcomb
Air National Guard 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 2  

Mr. Neal P. Curtin
Director, Defense Capabilities and Management
U.S. General Accounting Office 
( PDF )

Accompanied by: 

Mr. Clifton Spruill
Assistant Director, Defense Capabilities and Management
U.S. General Accounting Office 

Chaplain Gary Mauck
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Reserve
Fort Stewart, GA 

Harold Kudler, M.D.
Co-Chairman, Under Secretary for Health’s Special Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder  
Department of Veterans Affairs 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Panel 3 

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

Accompanied by: 

Michael J. Kussman, M.D.
Deputy Chief Patient Care Officer
Veterans Health Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Mr. Robert J. Epley
Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Policy and Programs
Veterans Benefits Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs 

Mr. Edward P. Wyatt, Jr.
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
 for Health Affairs
Department of Defense 
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)

Accompanied by: 

Lieutenant General James B. Peake, M.D.
The Surgeon General, U.S. Army

Vice Admiral Michael L. Cowan, M.D.
Surgeon General of the Navy 

Lieutenant General George Peach Taylor, Jr., M.D.
Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force

Mr. Tom Bush
Director, Program Integration
Office of the Secretary Defense Reserve Affairs
Manpower & Personnel