Thursday, April 24, 2008 – 9:00 am – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee joint with the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education of the Science and Technology Committee will meet to hear testimony on role of the social and behavioral sciences in national security.
Witnesses:
Colonel Martin Schweitzer, USA (pdf)
Commander, 4th Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
Dr. André van Tilborg (pdf)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Science and Technology)
Department of Defense
Dr. Mark Weiss (pdf)
Director, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
National Science Foundation
Dr. David R. Segal (pdf)
Professor of Sociology
University of Maryland
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 – 2:30 pm – 2212 Rayburn – Open
The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on challenges associated with achieving full dental readiness in the reserve component.
Witnesses:
Colonel Gary Martin, USAF (pdf)
Chief, Dental Care Branch
TRICARE Management Activity
Colonel Mark Bodenheim, USA (pdf)
Chief, Reserve Component Mobilization and Demobilization Operations
U.S. Army Dental Command
Captain Kerry Krause, USN (pdf)
Reserve Affairs Officer
U.S. Navy Dental Corps
Colonel Deborah L. Hart, USAF (pdf)
Mobilization Assistant to the Air Force Assistant Surgeon General for Dental Services
Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Air Force
Colonel David B. Sproat, USA (pdf)
Chief Surgeon
Army National Guard
Thursday, April 17, 2008 – 1:00 pm– 2212 Rayburn – Open
The Strategic Forces Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on the Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Missile Defense Programs.
Witnesses:
The Honorable John J. Young, Jr. (pdf)
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
Department of Defense
The Honorable Dr. Charles E. McQueary (pdf)
Director
Operational Test and Evaluation
Department of Defense
Lieutenant General Henry A. Obering III, USAF (pdf)
Director
Missile Defense Agency
Lieutenant General Kevin T. Campbell, USA (pdf)
Commanding General
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command
(USASMDC/ARSTRAT)
Thursday, April 17, 2008 – 10:00 am – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The Military Personnel Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on Military Resale and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) Overview.
Witnesses:
Ms. Leslye A. Arsht (pdf)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
Major General John A. MacDonald, USA (pdf)
Deputy Commanding General
U.S. Army Installation Management Command and
Commander, Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command
Rear Admiral Robert J. Bianchi, USN (pdf)
Commander
Navy Exchange Service Command
Brigadier General Keith L. Thurgood, USAR (pdf)
Commander
Army and Air Force Exchange Service
Mr. Timothy R. Larsen (pdf)
Director
Personal and Family Readiness Division
Headquarters, U.S.
Marine Corps
Mr. Richard Page (pdf)
Acting Director
Defense Commissary Agency
Mr. John Baker (pdf)
Fleet and Family Readiness Program Director
Navy Installations Command
Mr. Arthur J. Myers (pdf)
Director of Services
Headquarters, U.S.
Air Force
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 – 2:00 pm – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The Air and Land Forces Subcommittee joint with the Readiness Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on House Resolution 834: Ground Force Readiness Shortfalls.
Witnesses:
Ms. Michèle Flournoy (pdf)
President
Center for a New American Security
Mr. Lawrence J. Korb (pdf)
Senior Fellow
Center for American Progress
Mr. Thomas Donnelly (pdf)
Resident Fellow
Foreign and Defense Policy Studies
The American Enterprise Institute
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 – 10:00 am – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The full committee will meet to hear testimony on National Industrial Security Program: Addressing the Implications of Globalization and Foreign Ownership for the Defense Industrial Base.
Witnesses:
Troy Sullivan (pdf)
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Counterintelligence and Security
Kathleen Watson (pdf)
Director
Defense Security Service
Dr. William Schneider (pdf)
Chairman
Defense Science Board
Ms. Ann Calvaresi-Barr (pdf)
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
Government Accountability Office
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 – 3:00 pm – 2212 Rayburn – Open
The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on oversight of the Defense Travel System.
Witnesses:
The Honorable Michael L. Dominguez (pdf)
Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Department of Defense
Mr. David Fisher (pdf)
Director, Business Transformation Agency
Department of Defense
Mr. McCoy Williams (pdf)
Director
Financial Management and Assurance
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Dr. Jay Mandelbaum (pdf)
Research Staff Member
Institute for Defense Analyses
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 – 9:30 am – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The full committee will meet to hear testimony on Building Partnership Capacity and Development of the Interagency Process.
Witnesses:
The Honorable Robert M. Gates (pdf)
Secretary of Defense
The Honorable Condoleezza Rice (pdf)
Secretary of State
Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN
Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thursday, April 10, 2008 – 2:00 pm – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on Army acquisition programs.
Witnesses:
Lieutenant General Stephen M. Speakes, USA (pdf)
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8
Lieutenant General N. Ross Thompson, III, USA (pdf)
Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and
Technology)
Mr. Paul Francis (pdf)
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Ms. Janet St. Laurent (pdf)
Managing Director, Defense Capabilities and Management
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Ms. Mary Ugone (pdf)
Department of Defense
Office of the Inspector General
Deputy Inspector General for Auditing
Thursday, April 10, 2008 – 10:00 am – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The full committee will meet to hear testimony on Contingency Contracting: Implementing a Call for Urgent Reform.
Witnesses:
The Honorable John J. Young, Jr. (pdf)
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
Department of Defense
Jeffrey Parsons (pdf)
Executive Director
Army Contracting Command (Provisional)
U.S. Army Materiel Command
Dr. Jacques S. Gansler (pdf)
Chairman
Commission on Army Acquisition and Program Management for Expeditionary Operations
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – 1:00 pm – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The full committee will meet to hear testimony on the current status of U.S. ground forces.
Witnesses:
General Richard A. Cody, USA (pdf)
Vice Chief of Staff
General Robert Magnus, USMC (pdf)
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – 9:00 am – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The full committee will meet to hear testimony on the status of the war and political developments in Iraq.
Witnesses:
General David Petraeus, USA (pdf) (slides)
Commander, Multi-National Forces—Iraq
Ambassador Ryan Crocker (pdf)
United States Ambassador to Iraq
Thursday, April 3, 2008 – 2:00 pm – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on the Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request on Army National Guard and Army Reserve Equipment.
Witnesses:
Lieutenant General Jack C. Stultz, USA (pdf)
Chief
U.S. Army Reserve
Lieutenant General Clyde A. Vaughn, USA (pdf)
Director
Army National Guard
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 – 3:00 pm – 2212 Rayburn – Open
The Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on the Holistic Approaches to Cybersecurity Enabling Network Centric Operations.
Witnesses:
Dr. Seymour Goodman (pdf)
Chair
National Research Council Committee on Improving Cybersecurity Research in the U.S.
Dr. James Lewis (pdf)
Director and Senior Fellow
Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS)
Mr. Franklin Kramer (pdf)
Distinguished Research Fellow
Center for Technology and National Security Policy
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 – 1:00 pm – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on the Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the United States Transportation Command and Air Force Mobility Aircraft Programs.
Witnesses:
General Arthur J. Lichte, USAF (pdf)
Commander
Air Mobility Command
General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF (pdf)
Commander
United States Transportation Command
The Honorable Sue C. Payton (pdf)
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition
Tuesday, April 1, 2008 – 9:00 am – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The Readiness Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on the Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request on the Readiness of the Army and Air Force Reserves and National Guard Forces.
Witnesses:
Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum, USA (pdf)
Chief
National Guard Bureau
Lieutenant General Clyde A. Vaughn, USA (pdf)
Director
Army National Guard
Lieutenant General Craig R. McKinley, USAF (pdf)
Director
Air National Guard
Lieutenant General Jack Stultz, USA (pdf)
Chief
U.S. Army Reserve
Lieutenant General John A. Bradley, USAF (pdf)
Chief
U.S. Air Force Reserve
March 14, 2008 – 10:00 am – 2212 Rayburn – Open
The Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on the Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Navy Shipbuilding.
Witnesses:
Panel 1:
The Honorable Allison Stiller (pdf)
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Ship Programs
Vice Admiral Barry McCullough, USN (pdf)
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Resources and Requirements (N8)
Panel 2:
Dr. Eric Labs (pdf)
Senior Naval Analyst
Congressional Budget Office
Mr. Ronald O’Rourke (pdf)
Specialist in National Defense
Congressional Research Service
Friday, March 14, 2008 – 9:00 am – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The Military Personnel Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on Mental Health Overview.
Witnesses:
Panel 1:
The Honorable S. Ward Casscells, M.D. (pdf)
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
Lieutenant General Eric Schoomaker, USA (pdf)
Surgeon General
U.S. Army
Vice Admiral Adam Robinson, USN (pdf)
Surgeon General
U.S. Navy
Lieutenant General James G. Roudebush, USAF (pdf)
Surgeon General
U.S. Air Force
Dr. Shelley MacDermid (pdf)
Co-Chair, Defense Task Force on Mental Health
Director, The Center for Families at Purdue University
Director, Military Family Research Institute
Panel 2:
Mr. Chris M. Scheuerman, Sr. (pdf)
Major Bruce Gannaway, USA
U.S. Army
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