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Panel 1

Mr. James N. Magill
Director, National Employment Policy
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

Mr. Brian E. Lawrence
Assistant National Legislative Director
Disabled American Veterans
(Prepared Testimony | PDF) 

Mr. Carl Blake
Associate Legislative Director
Paralyzed Veterans of America
(Prepared Testimony | PDF) 

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

Panel 2

Ms. Linda Boone
Executive Director
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
(Prepared Testimony | PDF) 

Mr. John F. Downing
President/Chief Executive Officer
United Veterans of America
(Prepared Testimony | PDF) 

Mr. Jack R.M. Pierce, Ed.D
Director of Student Services
Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training, Inc.
(Prepared Testimony | PDF) 

Panel 3

Ms. Cynthia Bascetta
Director of Veterans’ Health and Benefits Issues
U.S. Government Accountability Office
(PDF) 

Mr. Craig W. Duehring
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
Department of Defense
(Prepared Testimony | PDF) 

Mr. T.P. O’Mahoney
Chairman
President’s National Hire Veterans’ Committee
(Prepared Testimony | PDF) 

John M. McWilliam
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations and Management
Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, Department of Labor
(Prepared Testimony | PDF)