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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqwc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2009 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:30 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman) pre- siding. Present: Senators Inouye, Murray, Cochran, and Bennett. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDICAL HEALTH PROGRAMS STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL ERIC B. SCHOOMAKER, M.D., Ph.D., SURGEON GENERAL, U.S. ARMY MEDICAL COMMAND OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR DANIEL K. INOUYE Chairman INOUYE. I'd like to welcome all of the witnesses today as we review the Department of Defense (DOD) medical programs. There'll be two panels this morning. First we'll hear from the serv- ice surgeon generals: General Eric Schoomaker, Vice Admiral Adam Robinson, Jr., General James Roudebush. Then we'll hear from our chiefs of the Nurse Corps: General Patricia Horoho, Rear Admiral Christine M. Bruzek-Kohler, and General Kimberly Siniscalchi. Did I get it correct? I'd like to welcome back all of the three surgeon generals to our subcommittee once again. I look forward to continuing our work to- gether to ensure the future of our military medical programs and personnel. As you may have noted, this is the first defense hearing that the subcommittee will be holding this year. We deliberately selected the medical programs as our inaugural topic to underscore the im- portance that this issue has to our subcommittee. Our surgeon gen- erals and the chiefs of the Nurse Corps have been called upon to share their insight on what is working and what is not working. Military medicine is a critical element in our defense strength. Our ability to care for our wounded soldiers on the modern battle- field is a testament both to the hard work and dedication of our men and women in uniform and to the application of the new tech- nology which is a hallmark of the U.S. armed forces, and so to our medical programs' demonstrated commitment to provide for our servicemembers and their families, which is unsurpassed in any (1)