Hearing: Pending Benefits Legislation

1 - Leadership Committee

• Chairman Daniel K. Akaka

2 - Congressional Members

• House Committee Chairman Bob Filner

Panel I

• KEITH R. PEDIGO, ASSOCIATE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLICY AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, Department of Veteran Affairs

Panel II

• CARL BLAKE NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
• RICHARD PAUL COHEN,EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF VETERANS' ADVOCATES, INC.
• ERIC A. HILLEMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SERVICE, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES
• RAYMOND C. KELLEY, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, AMVETS
• STEVE SMITHSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, VETERANS AFFAIRS AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, THE AMERICAN LEGION
• JOSEPH A. VIOLANTE, NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
• Richard Weidman, Executive Director for Policy & Government Affairs, Vietnam Veterans of America

Panel III

• CHARLES DANA GIBSON, U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II and Maritime Historian
• H.GERALD STARNES, U.S. Merchant Marine during War World II

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