FIRST PUBLIC MEETING
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Room 109, Keck Building,
Washington, D.C.
Presentations
Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Introductions
John Stegeman, Committee Chair
Charge to the Committee
Mark Brown, Department of Veterans Affairs
Director, Environmental Agents Service
Department of Veterans Affairs
Washington, DC
Veterans’ Concerns
Rick Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America
Veterans’ Concerns Regarding Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
Marion Gillespie, Wife of Vietnam Veteran
SECOND PUBLIC MEETING
Wednesday, July 7, 2004
House Room, Hyatt on Capitol Square
75 East State Street
Columbus, Ohio
Presentations
Opening Remarks
John Stegeman, Committee Chair
Esophageal Carcinoma
Delvin Plonka, Veteran Service Officer, St. Joseph County, Indiana
Concerns Regarding Agent Orange and Cancers
Vicki Noyes, Wife of Vietnam Veteran
Concerns of Veterans in Their 50s and 60s Due to Agent Orange
John Stoner, Veterans’ Representative, State of Ohio
Concerns of Veterans
David Barker, Ohio AMVETS
Health Concerns from Agent Orange
Richard Rollins, Vietnam Veteran
Recent Work on the Ranch Hand Study
Joel Michalek, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas