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Hearings

Updating the Montgomery GI Bill

Thursday, October 18, 2007 | 2:00 PM Room 334 Cannon House Office Building

Tags: Economic Opportunity

Opening Statement

Hon. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Chairwoman, and a Representative in Congress from the State of South Dakota
Hon. John Boozman, Ranking Republican Member, and a Representative in Congress from the State of Arkansas

Panel: 1

Colonel Robert F. Norton, USA (Ret.), Military Officers Association of America, Deputy Director, Government Relations

Ronald F. Chamrin, Economic Commission, Assistant Director, American Legion

Eric A. Hilleman, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Deputy Director, National Legislative Service

Richard F. Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America, Executive Director for Policy and Government Affairs

Panel: 2

Steve Francis Kime, Ph.D., American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Former Vice President (2003-2005), and on behalf of the Partnership for Veterans Education

David A. Guzman, National Association of Veterans Program Administrators, Legislative Director

Charles Rowe, National Association of State Approving Agencies, President, and Chief, State Approving Agency, New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

Panel: 3

Allison Jones, U.S. Department of Education, Member, Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, and, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, California State University System

James Bombard, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Chairman, Veterans Advisory Committee on Education, and Chief, New York State Division of Veterans Affairs, Bureau of Veterans Education

Major General Larry W. Shellito, Minnesota National Guard, Adjutant General

Panel: 4

Keith M. Wilson, Veterans Benefit Administration, Director, Education Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Thomas L. Bush, (Manpower and Personnel), U.S. Department of Defense, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs

Curtis L. Gilroy, Ph.D., Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Director, Accession Policy, (Military Personnel Policy), U.S. Department of Defense

Submissions for the Record

James Kendzel, MPH, SPHR

Updating the Montgomery GI Bill.

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