WITNESS LIST

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS

HEARING ON NATIONAL AND STATE
VETERANS' CEMETERIES

Thursday, May 20, 1999 - 10:00 a.m.
Room 340, Cannon House Office Building

Panel 1

Honorable Helen Chenoweth

Panel 2

Philip Wilkerson
Deputy Director
Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation
The American Legion

Joy J. Ilem
Associate National Legislative Director
Disabled American Veterans

Rick Weidman
Director
Government Relations
Vietnam Veterans of America

Colonel Robert F. Norton, USA (Ret.)
Deputy Director
Government Relations
The Retired Officers Association

Larry D. Rhea
Deputy Director
Legislative Affairs
Non Commissioned Officers Association

Panel 3

Ray Boland
Secretary
Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs

Charles F. Smith
Assistant Secretary
North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied by:

Eli Panee
Program Manager
North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs

Lieutenant Colonel Robin L. Higgins, USMC (Ret.)
Executive Director
Florida Department of Veterans Affairs

Panel 4

Brian E. Burke
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
Department of the Army

Accompanied by:

John C. Metzler
Superintendent
Arlington National Cemetery
Department of the Army

Panel 5

Roger R. Rapp
Acting Under Secretary
National Cemetery Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs

Accompanied by:

Vincent L. Barile
Director
Office of Operations Support
National Cemetery Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs

Statement for the Record

Sidney Daniels
Deputy Director
National Legislative Service
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

News from the Hearing on
National and State Veterans' Cemeteries