HEARINGS
The Exposure at Qarmat Ali: Did the Army Fail to Protect U.S. Soldiers Serving in Iraq?
Monday, August 3, 2009
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Hearing Webcast
Hearing Transcript
For a full transcript of the hearing click here.
Opening Statements
Senator Byron L. Dorgan
Chairman, Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Senator Roland Burris
Senator Kay Hagan
Senator Senator John D. Rockefeller
Senator Senator Arlen Specter
Senator Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Witnesses
Russell Kimberling
Former Indiana Army National Guard Company Commander
Rocky Bixby
Former Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sergeant
Russell Powell
Former West Virginia Army National Guard Staff Sergeant
Glen Bootay
Former Army (3rd Infantry Division) Combat Engineer
Herman Gibb, Ph.D
Former Environmental Protection Agency Associate Director for Health
Additional Materials
Statement of Sam Schultz, E5 Squad Leader
2000 UN Security Council Report on Iraq
August 2003 KBR Qarmat Ali Site Assessment Memos
Defense Health Board 2008 Meeting Powerpoint Presentation
Defense Health Board 2008 Meeting Transcript
KBR June 22, 2003 HSE Log Confirming Sodium Dichromate at Qarmat Ali
KBR May 29, 2003 Memo Ordering PPE and Identifying Environmental Hazards
KBR Meeting Minutes, August 8, 2003
Senator Bayh 2008 Army Briefing
September 2008 CHPPM Qarmat Ali Fact Sheet