There were two aspects. There was this open e-mail account that was created, and any veteran could send in his remarks or suggest any literature that we might look at relating to depleted uranium. That would cover the whole ground. Surprisingly, we did not get that much traffic through that e-mail account. In fact, there were only six veterans. This went from February until.... It didn't stop. It didn't close. It's still open, I guess. Those veterans who asked to appear before the committee, were all invited individually, personally, at no cost to them. We offered also that if they wished to have a specialist with them, of their choice, to better explain their point of view, we were happy to hear that, at no cost. Two out of three responded and came to the committee.
On February 14th, 2013. See this statement in context.