NEWS
from
Oversight
Hearing on Veterans’ Employment Regarding Civilian
Credentialing
Requirements for Military Job Skills
Witness
List and Statements
(including Statements Submitted For The Record)
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Above, Benefits Subcommittee
Chairman Jack Quinn (R-NY) listens
to the Ranking Democratic Member Bob Filner (D-CA) after opening
the hearing....then, below left, adds a few comments of his own...
before yielding to Congressman J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), below right |
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Espiridion “Al” Borrego, center, the Department
of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training,
and a frequent witness before the VA Committee, testifies.
Joining Borrego on the first
panel were, from left, Dennis Douglass, Deputy Director, Education
Service of the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA); Julius
M. Williams Jr., VBA Director of Vocational Rehabilitation and
Counseling Services; Victor Vasquez Jr., Department of Defense
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Personnel Support, Families and Education;
and James B. Hubbard, Director, National Economics
Commission, the American Legion.
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| Ruby B.
DeMesme, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower, Reserve
Affairs, Installations and Environment, testifies on a panel
representing branches of military service.
Other panelists included, from left, Rear
Adm. Fred L. Ames, Assistant Commandant for Human Resources, U.S.
Coast Guard; Lt. General Jack W. Klimp,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, U.S. Marine
Corps; Brig. General Kathryn G. Frost, the
Adjutant General, U.S. Army; and Rear Adm.
David L. Brewer III, Vice Chief of Naval Education and Training, U.S.
Navy.
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final panel of witnesses consisted of, from left, Raymond
Pryor, Licensing and Certification Project Coordinator, The Ohio
Military Veteran Licensing and Certification Project; Steven
C. Halsey, Halsey, Rains, and Associates, L.I.C. and the Coalition for
Professional Certification; Maj. Gen.
Matthew P. Caulfied, USMC (ret.), CEO of Hire Quality, Inc.; Daniel
Caulfied, President, Hire Quality, Inc.; and Maj.
Gen. Thomas F. Sikora, USA (ret.), Vice President and Division General
Manager, Resource Consultants, Inc. |
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