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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaqsv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Sen- ate Office Building, Hon. Daniel K. Inouye (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Inouye, Mikulski, Murray, Cochran, and Mur- kowski. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDICAL HEALTH PROGRAMS STATEMENT OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHARLES B. GREEN, SUR- GEON GENERAL OF THE AIR FORCE OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN DANIEL K. INOUYE Chairman INOUYE. I'd like to welcome all of you, as we review the Department of Defense (DOD) medical programs this morning. There will be two panels. First, we'll hear from the Service Sur- geons General, and then from the Chiefs of the Nurse Corps. Al- though she has appeared before the subcommittee in her previous assignment as Chief of the Army Nurse Corps, I'd like to welcome back Lieutenant General Patricia Horoho for her first testimony be- fore this subcommittee as a Surgeon General of the Army, and commend her for becoming the first female as well as first Nurse Corps officer to serve in this capacity. And I'd like to also welcome Vice Admiral Matthew Nathan and Lieutenant General Charles Green. General Green, I understand you're retiring later this year, and I thank you for your many years of service to the Air Force, and I look forward to working with all of you to ensure that the medical programs and personnel under your command are in good shape. Every year, the subcommittee holds this hearing to discuss the critically important issues related to the care and well-being of our servicemembers and their families, as healthcare is one of the most basic benefits we can provide to the men and women of our Nation. The advancements military medicine has made over the last sev- eral decades have not only dramatically improved medical care on the battlefield, but it also enhanced the healthcare delivery and sci- entific advancements throughout the medical field. The results ben-

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