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Transcript: WAIVERS FOR BURIALS AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY:JAMES E. CLYBURN
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- Congressional Testimony
- Article date:
- January 28, 1998
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STATEMENT OF HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN
RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER,
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS
SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT & INVESTIGATIONS
HEARING ON ARLINGTON NATIONAL
CEMETERY WAIVERS
JANUARY 28, 1998
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHAIRMAN EVERETT FOR CALLING THIS
IMPORTANT HEARING TO DISCUSS THE WAIVER PROCESS FOR BURIALS AT
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
UNTIL RECENTLY, THE ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY BURIAL ISSUE
HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL STORIES OVER THE CONGRESSIONAL
RECESS. I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE TESTIMONY WE HEAR TODAY WILL HELP TO
BURY ONCE AND FOR ALL THE BASELESS ALLEGATIONS WHICH INITIALLY
BROUGHT THE UNPRECEDENTED ...