President’s Commission on Care for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors to Hold Public Meeting

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Nicholas J. Graham of Washington Headquarters Services, +1-703- 588-0407, or cell, +1-571-451-6165, Nicholas.Graham@wso.whs.mil/ /PRNewswire-USNewswire — April 11

Saturday, April 14 Meeting to take place at NTSB Conference Center at L’Enfant Plaza, Washington, D.C.

Commission to receive general overview of the current system of care that is provided to our servicemen and women from the battlefield through transition to civilian life or active duty service. Future meetings to discuss specific issues on care facing our wounded warriors

Time: Meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. EST, Saturday, April 14, 2007 and will conclude at approximately 5:00 p.m. EST.

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Presentations:

— Presentation 1: “Stories from Wounded Warriors” – Commissioners

Jose R. Ramos, Tammy Edwards, and Marc A. Giammatteo

— Presentation 2: “Warrior Patient Movement Process and Casualty Load,”

by Colonel Kenneth Cox, MD, Director, Global Health Surveillance Force

Health Protection and Readiness Programs, Office of the Assistant

Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) and Lieutenant Colonel Rhonda

Ozanian, PhD, Social Policy Research Analyst, President’s Commission on

Care for America’s Returning Wounded Warriors

*Public Comment Period*

— Presentation 3: “Independent Review Group on Rehabilitative Care” – The

Honorable Togo West and The Honorable John Marsh

— Presentation 4: “Disability Evaluation System” – Mr. William Carr,

Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Personnel Policy;

and other DoD representatives

— Presentation 5: “Transfer of Records from Department of Defense to the

Veterans Administration” – Department of Defense representative Deputy

Chief Information Officer Charles Hume, Office of the Secretary of

Defense, Personnel and Readiness, Health Affairs; and a Veterans

Administration Representative

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Public Comments: The meeting is open to the public. There will be a public comment period at 1:00 p.m. EST for one hour. Individuals interested in making presentations must make a prior, written request to the Commission by today – Wednesday, April 11 at 5:00 p.m. EST – via fax at 703-588-2046. Late submissions will be considered. Presentations will be limited to five minutes.

Location: The meeting will be held in the National Transportation Safety Board Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, D.C. (The street entrance is located on lower 10th Street, just below the L’Enfant Plaza Promenade running between D Street and Frontage Road). The closest Metro stop is “L’Enfant Plaza” station, on the Yellow, Green, Orange and Blue lines. Public (at cost) garage parking is immediately adjacent. Metrorail access is highly recommended.

Media Logistics: Media organizations wishing to attend with video cameras are recommended to arrive for set up by 7:00 a.m.

Contact: Nicholas J. Graham

703/588-0407

571/451-6165 (cell)

Nicholas.Graham@wso.whs.mil

SOURCE Washington Headquarters Services

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