VOICE OF VETERANS OF THE AFGHAN WAR HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Thursday, April 23, 2009 Time: 10:15 A.M. Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Building Presiding: Senator Kerry Senator Kerry's Opening Statement Senator Lugar's Opening Statement     Witnesses: Andrew Bacevich    Colonel, U.S. Army (Ret.)    Professor of International Relations and History    Boston University    Boston, MA Genevieve Chase    Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Reserve    Recipient of the Purple Heart    American Women Veterans    Alexandria, VA Christopher McGurk    Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army (Ret.)    Recipient of Combat Infantryman’s Badge,    two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart    New York, NY Westley Moore    Captain, U.S. Army (Ret.)    Washington DC Rick Reyes    Corporal, U.S. Marines (Ret.)    Los Angeles, CA   Hearing Titles in blue are links to video recording of hearing. Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.