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Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs

Honoring the Fallen: How Can We Better Serve America’s Veterans and Their Families?

Opening Statements

Witness Testimonies

  • Panel 1
  • The Honorable Max Cleland, Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission
  • John C. Metzler, Jr., Superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery
  • Accompanied By:
  • Lynn Heirakuji, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Personnel Oversight, Department of the Army, U.S. Department of Defense
  • Katherine Stevenson, Assistant Director, Business Services, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

  • Panel 2
  • John L. Wilson, Assistant National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans
  • Raymond C. Kelley, National Legislative Director, American Veterans (AMVETS)
  • Vivianne Cisneros Wersel, Au.D., Chair, Government Relations Committee, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc.
  • Lesley Witter, Director of Political Affairs, National Funeral Directors Association
  • John Nicolai, Cemetery Representative, Ft. Logan National Cemetery, Denver, CO, Shop Steward, AFGE Local 2241, on behalf of American Federation of Government Employees (AFL-CIO)

  • Panel 3
  • Steve L. Muro, Acting Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Accompanied By:
  • Ronald Walters, Director, Budget and Planning Services, National Cemetery Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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