ms. weaver and ms. rubens what isn't going right? what do we need to fix that would make huge difference in the process? i mean, what can we really tackle? what are we going to get out of this hearing, i mean, as colonel koch over here identified his flaws in front of everyone, that's what we want to know from you. what is the one thing that could change the trajectory of this whole process? >> i think what dod is hearing from the hearing is that we need to go back and look at our survey. we have a significant number of people who are participants, participating in the survey, and we're getting results that say as of december, 83% were satisfied with the process. as of the end of march, 4000 more surveys, 84% were satisfied with the process, and were trying to make changes from information that we get to the survey. we may need to look and see whether or not how we can reach out and touch the individuals who are expressing concern with either the time or the counseling that they are getting. >> ms. rubens? >> i would tackle some of t

ms. weaver to correct me to 100%. i also think there is the obligation of ensuring that we've gotten them to the point that they are ready to be discharged and want to ensure that we work with d.o.d. and the requirements that have established to make sure the service member is ready for transition. i don't know if you will add to that. >> we are working with v.a. to look at other opportunities and concepts to expedite the process. we do have an expedited process for catastropheically injured or ill personnel. after briefing each member who is qualified, we have no one that has opted to take that process but we're looking to see if we can broaden that concept to those that aren't catastropheically but seriously see 23 we can expedite it. these are in concept stages and we're working with v.a. on that. >> ok, thank you mr. chairman. >> thank you, ranking member. with that, the chair recognizes mr. cook. >> thank you mr. chair. a couple of comments and probably the same ones i had when i was chair of the veterans committ

ms. weaver was the former chairman of the miami fed. welcome. nice to have you here. dorothy, i want to start with you if i can't. the revisions to the down side, does that have you worried? i know you look for strategic opportunities in the market, but does that have you worried at all? >> no, i think it's a reflection obviously that we are in a slow growth environment, as much as we would like to see growth kick in, it is going to, i think continue to be a slow growth environment. that's why we're not trying to call directionality, but look for both longs and shorts that can be noncorrelated, but looking for special opportunities. >> i think that kind of dove tails with your forecast, you're generally optimistic about the economy, and you haven't changed your strategy. >> we really haven't, sue, but i agree with what dorothy said. clearly we're in a slow growth environment. the first quarter was incredibly noisy. we still think us gdp growth will be good enough to prevent tightening and keep corporate earnings on a positive trajectory. >> dorothy, when you say you l

ms. nancy weaver, deputicy sis tant secretary of defense who is accompanied by mr. dave bowe next, director of health information technology. and from the department of veteran's affairs we have ms. diana rubins with the veterans benefits administration who is accompanied by mr. thomas murphy, director of compensation services. upon conclusion of the first panel we'll seat two subsequent panels which include for panel two, ms. linda holiday, the assistant inspector general for audits u. suchlt department of veteran's affairs accompanied by ms. nor ma stokes, director of the inspections division and mr. roman figuero with the inspection division. panel three with consist of mr. eric jenkins who is here with the national va council, ms. debra gibson is here and is an individual service and she'll be introduced shortly. mr. geraldo avela, with the american legion and mr. paul valero, and mr. one final point, all of the witnesses are present. i must advise pursuant to title 18 of the united states code section 1001, known as the false statement act, this is a crime to kn