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issues affecting homeless veterans. Such 

comments should be referred to the 

Committee at the following address: 

Advisory Committee on Homeless 

Veterans, Homeless Veterans Programs 

Office (075D), U.S. Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420. 

Dated: December 20, 2007. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on OIF/OEF 

Veterans and Families; Notice of 

Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Advisory Committee on OIF/ 

OEF Veterans and Families will conduct 

a site visit in the San Antonio, Texas 

area on January 29–31, 2008. The site 

visit will include a town hall meeting, 

tours and briefings at various VA 

facilities and Brooke Army Medical 

Center. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on the full spectrum of health care, 

benefits delivery and related family 

support issues that confront 

servicemembers during their transition 

from active duty to veteran status and 

during their post-service years. The 

Committee focuses on the concerns of 

all men and women with active military 

service in Operation Iraqi Freedom and/ 

or Operation Enduring Freedom, but 

pays particular attention to severely 

disabled veterans and their families. 

On January 29, the Committee will 

tour the Center for the Intrepid, Burn 

Center and Fisher Houses at Brooke 

Army Medical Center. In addition, the 

Committee will tour the Fort Sam 

Houston National Cemetery. 

On January 30, the Committee will 

tour the Audie Murphy VA Medical 

Center and the San Antonio Vet Center, 

and will receive briefings by Veterans 

Health Administration and Veterans 

Benefits Administration personnel on 

issues of particular relevance to OIF/ 

OEF veterans and their families. The 

Committee will conduct a two hour 

Town Hall meeting beginning at 6:00 

p.m. in the Auditorium of the Audie 

Murphy VA Medical Center, 7400 

Merton Minter Boulevard, San Antonio, 

Texas. The Town Hall meeting is open 

to the public. 

On January 31, the Committee will 

hold a public session at the Hilton 

Palacio del Rio, 200 South Alamo Street, 

San Antonio, Texas. The session will 

begin at 9:00 a.m. and adjourn at 5:00 

p.m. During the session the Committee 

will receive a briefing on veterans 

employment assistance activities and an 

update on various independent reports. 

The Committee will also engage in 

deliberations and plans for future work. 

Public comments will be received by 

the Committee at the Town Hall meeting 

on January 30. Individuals wishing to 

make oral statements at that meeting 

should contact the Committee at 

oifoef@va.gov. Just prior to the Town 

Hall meeting, there will be a sign up 

sheet for people to register their interest 

in making public statements. Oral 

statements by the public will be limited 

to five minutes each. 

Anyone seeking additional 

information should contact Laura 

O’Shea, Designated Federal Officer, at 

(202) 461–5765. 

Dated: December 19, 2007. 

By Direction of the Secretary 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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