(Washington, DC) Retired U.S. Senator Bob Dole and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala will testify Wednesday about their recently released Presidential report containing recommendations for improving care for our nation's wounded warriors.

The distinguished bipartisan leaders will be part of a multi-panel presentation which will also review three other reports on veterans issues and make recommendations to the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Sen Richard Burr, R-N.C., announced today.

The hearing will begin 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 17, in room 562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. It will be broadcast live on the Committee's website and available for viewing later http://veterans.senate.gov/. Audio may also be available - during the hearing only - at http://www.capitolhearings.org/.

PANEL I Honorable Bob Dole and Honorable Donna Shalala, Co-Chairs, President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors PANEL II Lt. Gen. James Terry Scott, USA (Ret), Chairman, Veterans' Disability Benefits CommisionHonorable Patrick W. Dunne, Assistant Secretary for Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning, representing the Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror HeroesHonorable Togo D. West, Jr. Co-Chair, Independent Review Group, Report on Rehabilitative Care and Administrative Processes at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and National Naval Medical Center