COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont, Chairman EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin

CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California

ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin

JON KYL, Arizona CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York

MIKE DEWINE, Ohio RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois

JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama MARIA CANTWELL, Washington

SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
JOHN EDWARDS, North Carolina

MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky
BRUCE A. COHEN, Majority Chief Counsel and Staff Director

SHARON PROST, Minority Chief Counsel
MAKAN DELRAHIM, Minority Staff Director

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, prepared

statement

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont

prepared statement

Specter, Hon. Arlen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania

prepared statement

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WITNESSES

Altenburg, John, Major General (retired), former Assistant Judge Advocate

General, United States Army, Washington, D.C.

Fidell, Eugene R., Counsel, Feldsman, Tucker, Leifer, Fidell & Bank, LLP,

Washington, D.Ć.

Harris, Paul, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Jus-

tice, Washington, D.C.

Joseph, Daniel, Counsel, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, LLP, Wash-

ington, D.C.

O'Neill, Bonnie, Kingston, Pennsylvania

Sklute, Nolan, Major General (retired), former Judge Advocate General,

United States Air Force, Bethesda, Maryland

Sprague, Richard A., Counsel, Sprague and Sprague, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-

vania

Weaver, Christopher E., Rear Admiral and Commandant, Naval District

Washington, United States Navy, Washington, D.C.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Responses of General Altenburg to questions submitted by Senator Leahy

Response of the Department of Justice to a question submitted by Senator

Hatch

Responses of General Sklute to questions submitted by Senators Leahy and

Hatch

Response of Admiral Weaver to a question submitted by Senator Hatch

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

Altenburg, John, Major General (retired), former Assistant Judge Advocate

General, United States Army, Washington, D.C., prepared statement

Fidell, Eugene R., Counsel, Feldsman, Tucker, Leifer, Fidell & Bank, LLP,

Washington, D.Ć., prepared statement

Harris, Paul, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Jus-

tice, Washington, D.C., prepared statement

Joseph, Daniel, Counsel, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, LLP, Wash-

ington, D.C., prepared statement

Sklute, Nolan, Major General (retired), former Judge Advocate General,

United States Air Force, Bethesda, Maryland, prepared statement

Sprague, Richard A., Counsel, Sprague and Sprague, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-

vania, prepared statement

Veterans Equal Rights Protection Advocacy, Inc.:

letter, October 2002

letter and attachment, October 20, 2002

Weaver, Christopher E., Rear Admiral and Commandant, Naval District

Washington, United States Navy, Washington, D.C., prepared statement

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