s a voluntary organization, navpa does not police its policy. our mission is to provide professional development to member institutions, collect and disseminate best practices for veterans support and advocate on behalf of students and our institutions. we believe strongly that all educational institutions should be forthright and open with all student, particularly with regard to veterans and service is members' unique needs and unique circumstances. news reports of unscrupulous organizations of treatment of unsuspecting veterans. and we strongly con testimony any abuses to which veterans might have been subjected at the hands of these institutions. while we ebelieve that there are no doubt costs and burdens involved in implementing this executive order, we cannot commit to any initiative that veterans are appropriately recruited, advised and supported while in school. navpa is pleased that the president is taking such a direct interest in the nides of the nation's veteran. we recognize that the requirement in this executive order to provide pe

chairman, this concludes navpa's statement. as a veteran, and on behalf of the members of navpa, i would like to thank you and the members of the subcommittee for your leadership on an issue of critical importance to america's veterans. >> mr. nasserian, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, distinguished members of the committee. my name is barmak nassirian. i'm associate executive director with the american association of collegiate registrars and admissions officers, which we mercifully have reverted to aacrao. we are delighted to be able to participate in this discussion. i have submitted a written testimony for the record. but i'd like to take this opportunity to in plain language raise four specific issues for the subcommittee's attention. and i shall do so doingatically because of the shortness of time. but we can certainly talk about the underlying reasons. one, the for profit sector in higher education has a significant and pervasive problem with waste, fraud, and abuse. this is not anything against the pr