Wannemacher spent 15 years with DAV, beginning in
1978 as a national service officer assigned to the Buffalo and Albany, N.; Capt. Air Force Medical Corps.

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Women veterans are one of the fastest growing segments of the veteran
population.

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WASHINGTON , President Bush has named Richard A., Wannemacher has served as
Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs since June 2003.
The new committee members include Dr.; Col. A retired sergeant first class, staff
assistant to the deputy director for operations for the Illinois Department of
Veterans' Affairs. A disabled Gulf War veteran, now the
national director of voluntary services for the Disabled American Veterans
(DAV).
Navy.

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A disabled veteran, Wannemacher enlisted in the Navy in 1967 and served in
Vietnam with the Navy's River Division 593. An Army nurse during the
Vietnam War, currently director of Homeless Veterans Services for the
Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service and Education Center, Inc. Veteran of the U.
-- Lorna Papke-Dupouy, Greenfield Center, N.

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VA has women veterans program managers at 158 hospitals to assist these
veterans on health issues and approximately 73 women veterans coordinators to
assist on benefits issues.
-- Luc M. A retired chief master sergeant in the
Air National Guard, and former personnel superintendent for the headquarters
of the Oklahoma Air National Guard and minority officer recruiter for the Air
National Guard.

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as Acting Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs in the
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). WASHINGTON, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim
Nicholson has announced the appointment of six new members to the Advisory
Committee on Women Veterans, an expert panel that advises him on issues and
programs affecting women veterans.5 percent of the total veteran population and 6 percent of all
veterans who use VA health care services. A retired captain in the U. Retired chief master sergeant
from the U.

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Established in 1983, the 14-member advisory committee makes
recommendations for administrative and legislative changes to VA policies. Emily
Sanford from Huntington Beach, Calif. O'Connor, Boston. A veteran of the U. A former corporal of the Marine
Corps .

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Information on VA burial benefits is available from national cemetery
offices and VA regional offices at 1-800-827-1000 or on VA Web sites at
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7 million women veterans.

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-- Gwen M.

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; Lorna Papke-Dupouy from Greenfield
Center, N. Morrissey, Toms River, N.
Army Reserves.
-- Sara A.

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As Acting Under Secretary, Wannemacher will direct the operation and
maintenance of 120 VA national cemeteries and other memorial-related programs
for veterans and eligible family members.

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Wannemacher also served as VA's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative
Affairs from June 2001 until January 2002.

New Members Appointed to Advisory Committee on Women Veterans

VA estimates that by 2010 women
veterans will comprise 10 percent of veterans using VA health care services. Director, women's health
research initiatives program and colonel in the Army Nurse Corps of the U.

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Born, raised and educated in Buffalo, N.Y.

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January 2002 until June 2003, he was the Senior Advisor to the Under
Secretary.,
offices. Jacqueline Morgan from Seattle;
Carlene Narcho from Fort Apache, Ariz. Shirley Ann Quarles from Stone Mountain, Ga .S.

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In addition to overseeing national cemeteries, VA also provides headstones
and markers for veterans' graves, administers a grants program to help states
set up veterans cemeteries, and issues Presidential Memorial Certificates to
the families of honorably discharged deceased veterans .cem.
-- Cynthia J. Setauket, N. Hartman, Bowie, Md. Jacqueline Morgan, Seattle.S.

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"It helps VA strengthen health
care, benefits, rehabilitation, outreach and other programs for women
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-- Emily Sanford, Huntington Beach, Calif.

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Following his military service,
he earned an associate degree in business administration from Erie Community
College and a bachelor's degree in environmental studies from Buffalo State
College.
"This advisory committee contributes to the success of VA programs
affecting women veterans," Nicholson said. An Army nurse in Vietnam,
retired colonel in the New Jersey Army National Guard and former director of
New Jersey's Veterans Health Care Services. A retired commander in the Naval Reserve,
currently the general counsel for the Massachusetts Department of Veterans'
Services.
Marine Corps. Sellers, Johnson City, Tenn.

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The committee members are appointed to two-year terms. They
comprise 6.S. Air Force, former commissioner of the American Battle Monuments
Commission.

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Before coming to VA, Wannemacher served in numerous positions with the
Disabled American Veterans (DAV), a nonprofit organization of more than one
million disabled veterans .va.; and Chief Master Sgt. Diehl, Taylorville, Ill. Falzone, S.

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Sara Sellers from
Johnson City, Tenn .
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in the U. Narcho, Fort Apache, Ariz.

-- Shirley Ann Quarles, Stone Mountain, Ga.
-- Winsome Earle Sears, Norfolk, Va.

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accredited veterans service officer at the American Legion and Vietnam
Veterans of America, and state veterans counselor of the New York State
Division of Veterans Affairs.S.

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Buffalo .S. Shoals, Edmond, Okla.

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-- Marsha Tansey Four (Chair), Springfield, Pa.Y.
-- Kathleen A.

-- Carlene M. Army and
currently the executive director of the White Mountain Apache Tribe Department
of Social Services.