On May 15^th, 2008 members of the Aspen Institute's Advocacy and Exchange Program on Agent Orange/Dioxin testified before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment. The topic of the day was, Our Forgotten Responsibility: What Can We Do To Help Victims of Agent Orange. Chaired by Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D-AS), the panelists and links to the testimony are as follows:

The Honorable Scot Marciel
http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/110/mar051508.htm
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
U.S. Department of State

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, M.D.
http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/110/phu051508.pdf
Director General, Ngoc Tam Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Former Vice Speaker of the Vietnam National Assembly
(Member of The U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin)

Ms. Catharin Dalpino
http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/110/dal051508.htm
Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Studies
Asian Studies Program
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Affairs
Georgetown University

Vaughan C. Turekian, Ph.D.
http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/110/tur051508.htm
Chief International Officer
American Association for the Advancement of Science
(Member of The U.S.-Vietnam Dialogue Group on Agent Orange/Dioxin)

Mr. Rick Weidman
Executive Director for Policy & Government Affairs
Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA)

&
Jeanne Mirer, J.D.
http://www.internationalrelations.house.gov/110/mir051508.htm
Secretary General
International Association of Democratic Lawyers