Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002 (2003)
Chapter: Appendix A: Agendas of Public Meetings
APPENDIX A
Agendas of Public Meetings Held by the Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides (Fourth Biennial Update)
FIRST PUBLIC MEETING
Wednesday, April 3, 2002
Board Room, NAS Building
Washington, D.C.
Presentations
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Welcome, opening remarks, and introductions
Irva Hertz-Picciott, PhD
Committee Chair
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Charge to the committee
Mark Brown, PhD
Director, Environmental Agents Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, D.C.
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Recent data from Ranch Hand Studies
Joel Michalek, PhD
Principal Investigator, Air Force Research Laboratory
Brooks Air Force Base, Texas
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Husband's death and Agent Orange
Jennie LeFevre
Shady Side, Maryland
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Veterans' health problems, heart disease, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, soft knots covering body, chloracne
Shelia Winsett (testimony presented by Jennie LeFevre)
Jasper, Alabama
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Testimony on the behalf of Vietnam Veterans of America
Rick Weidman
Director of Government Relations
Vietnam Veterans of American
Silver Spring, Maryland
SECOND PUBLIC MEETING
Monday, September 9, 2002
Board Room, Hilton Hotel
Seattle, WA
Presentations
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Glioblastomas in Vietnam Veterans
Danna Hughes (testimony presented by Darren Driggs)
President, Vietnam Veterans Wives
Republic, WA
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Glioblastomas and Diabetes and Agent Orange
Michael Sallis
President and Volunteer Service Officer
Grant County Veterans Association
Moses Lake, WA
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Written testimony was submitted by Julie Cummings, Silverthorne, Colorado
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Public input and discussion among session participants
