dr. sally satele resident scholar at the american enterprise institute. dr. satele will share with us the principles surrounding what she believes would be a more effective system of care and compensation for veterans seeking mental health treatment. as i mentioned, we also have the former chairman of the veterans disability benefits commission with us, general terry scott. we also have a va clinician, dr. karen seal, who will share with us her findings on health care utilization of iraq and afghanistan veterans. finally, on our third panel we'll hear from the administration and their views and the views of two important veterans' organizations, a.m. am vets and the wounded warrior project. i want to thank everyone for coming, those who are going to be testifying, those in the audience. i now yield to our ranking member, mr. filner. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for taking the leadership on this subject. of course, we have all raised serious concerns over many years about the backlog of claims and there are now a record number of service men and women