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The President named the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to coordinate research funded by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government into the health consequences of service in the Gulf War. As part of its coordination role, VA submits to the Veterans' Affairs Committees an annual report on the results and status of research activities.
In addition to the federally funded research efforts highlighted in this Annual Report, there are noteworthy research projects funded by sources other than the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Because this research adds to, and builds upon, knowledge gained through federally funded efforts, the Annual Report for 1997 includes research findings of non-federally funded investigators published in peer reviewed scientific journals since the Annual Report for 1996.
The Annual Report for 1997 provides:
The Appendix to the Report contains: