Field Hearing

Field Hearing on Health Care for Alaska Native Veterans Returning from Kuwait and Iraq and Other Native Veterans Living in Alaska Native Villages: Access to and Delivery of Services

Date: November 30, 2007

Time: 9:30 AM

Location: Anchorage, Alaska

Room: Egan Convention Center

Witnesses

Brigadier General Thomas Katkus

Assistant Adjutant General - Army, State of Alaska, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Commander, Alaska Army National Guard

Alaska Army National Guard, Fort Richardson, AK

Accompanied by: Lieutenant Colonel David Osborn, 3rd Batallion Commander; First Sergeant John Flynn; Sergeant First Class Jeffery Kowchee, Alaska National Guard

Testimony

Mr. Alex Spector

Director

Alaska VA Healthcare System and Regional Office, Anchorage, AK

Testimony

Mr. Nelson Angapak SR.

Sr., Vice President

Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage, AK

Accompanied by: Rev. William Nicholson, Pastor, Anchorage Moravian Church, Anchorage, AK

Testimony

Ms. Valerie Davidson

Senior Director of Legal and Intergovernmental Affairs

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK

Testimony