Hearing Information 2003

2003 Transcripts

November 19 

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on U.S. National Security Strategy. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick (html)

Senior Fellow, Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies

American Enterprise Institute

Honorable Samuel (Sandy) Berger (pdf)

Chairman

Stonebridge International LLC

November 5 

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on Sustaining Global Commitments: Implications for U.S. Forces. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable David Chu (pdf)

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

 

General Peter Pace, USMC

Vice Chairman

Joint Chiefs of Staff

 

Dr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin (pdf) Slides (pdf)

Director

Congressional Budget Office

 

Lieutenant General Theodore G. Stroup, Jr. USA (Ret.) (html)

Vice President, Education

Association of the United States Army

October 30 

Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on the Destruction of the U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile - Program Status and Issues. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Saxton’s Opening Statement: (html)

• Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Claude Bolton (html)

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics)

Mr. Pat Wakefield (html)

Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Chemical Demilitarization and Counterproliferation)

Mr. Mike Parker (html)

Director

U.S. Army Chemical Material Agency

Mr. Craig Conklin (html)

Chief

Nuclear and Chemical Hazards Branch Preparedness Division, Department of Homeland Security

Henry L. Hinton, Jr. (pdf)

Managing Director

Defense Capabilities and Management, General Accounting Office

October 29 

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on Iraq Reconstruction and Stability Operations: The Way Forward. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf) 

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Dr. Michael O'Hanlon (pdf)

Senior Fellow

Brookings Institution

Karl Zinsmeister, J.B. (html)

Fuqua Fellow

American Enterprise Institute

Dr. Marina S. Ottaway (html)

Senior Associate

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

October 21

Readiness Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Resetting and Reconstituting the Forces. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Hefley’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Admiral Michael G. Mullen (html)

Vice Chief of Naval Operations

Department of the Navy

General T. Michael Moseley (html)

Vice Chief of Staff

Air Force, Department of the Air Force

General William L. Nyland (html)

Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

Lieutenant General Richard A. Cody (html)

Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3

Department of the Army

October 21

Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on C41 Interoperability: New Challenges in 21st Century Warfare. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Saxton’s Opening Statement: (html) 

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Lieutenant General William Wallace (html)

Commanding General

United States Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth

Lieutenant General Daniel P. Leaf (html)

Vice Commander

Air Force Space Command

Major General Keith Stadler, USMC (html)

Commanding General

I Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Deputy Commanding General I Marine

Expeditionary Force

Brigadier General Dennis C. Moran (pdf)

Director of Information Operations, Networks and Space

Office of the Chief Information Officer/G-6, U.S. Army

Brigadier General Marc Rogers, United States Air Force (html)

Director, Joint Requirements and Integration Directorate

United States Joint Forces Command

October 21

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on Operation Iraqi Freedom: Outside Perspectives. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Major General Robert Scales, USA (ret.) (html)

Former Commandant

U.S. Army War College

Dr. Andrew Krepinevich (html)

Executive Director

Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment

Dr. Stephen D. Biddle (html)
Associate Research Professor of National Security Studies

U.S. Army War College

Other Hearing Material:

Iraq and the Future of Warfare-U.S. Army War College (pdf)

October 8

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on Iraq: Reconstruction and Rehabilitation. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·         Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Peter W. Rodman (pdf)

Assistant Secretary of Defense

International Security Affairs

Honorable John J. Hamre (html)
President

Center for Strategic and International Studies and Iraq Reconstruction Assessment Mission

Other Hearing Material:

Coalition Provisional Authority - Achieving the Vision to Restore Full Sovereignty to the Iraqi People (pdf)

Iraq's Post-Conflict Reconstruction:  A Field Review and Recommendations (pdf)

October 2

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony from U.S. Joint Forces Command on operational lessons learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)  

·        Audio Transcript

Witness:

Admiral E. P. Giambastiani (html)

U.S. Navy Command Commander

U.S. Joint Forces Command

September 30

Full Committee will meet to mark-up the following legislation:  H. Res. 364 - Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days after the date of adoption of this resolution the report prepared for the Joint Chiefs of Staff entitle "Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned" and documents in his possession on the reconstruction and security of post-war Iraq.

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

September 25

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on United States policy and operations in Iraq. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·         Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Paul D. Wolfowitz (html)

Deputy Secretary of Defense

Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, III (html)

Presidential Envoy to Iraq and Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority

General John Abizaid (html)

Commander

U.S. Central Command

September 24

Total Force Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on the final report of the Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct Allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman McHugh’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Tillie Fowler (html)

Chair

Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct Allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy

Major General Michael Nardotti, Jr.

Partner

Patton Boggs, LLP

Ms. Anita Carpenter

CEO

Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Inc.

July 24

Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Cyber Terrorism: The New Asymmetric Threat. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Saxton’s Opening Statement of Chairman Saxton (html) 

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Dr. Eugene H. Spafford (pdf)

Director and Professor Center for Education and Research and Information Assurance and Security

Purdue University

Mr. Robert Lentz (html)

Director

Information Assurance, Department of Defense

Mr. Robert F. Dacey (pdf)

Director

Information Technology Team, General Accounting Office

Scott Charney (html)

Chief Security Strategist

Microsoft

July 23

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on the Air Force Tanker Lease Proposal. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Michael Wynne (html)

Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Dr. Marvin R. Sambur (html)

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)

Neal Curtin (pdf)

General Accounting Office

John L. Plueger (pdf)

President and Chief Operating Officer

International Lease Finance Corporation

Major General Paul W. Essex

Director

Plans and Programs Headquarters, Air Mobility Command

July 19

Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Air Force Science and Technology Programs. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Weldon’s Opening Statement:(html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

Witnesses:

General Lester L. Lyles, United States Air Force

Commander

Air Force Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Major General Paul D. Nielsen, United States Air Force

Commander

Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

(Joint Statement:  Lyles and Nielsen)

July 10

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

Witness:

General Tommy Franks, United States Army (html)

Former Commander

U.S. Central Command

June 26

Full Committee will mark up the following legislation: H.R.  1590 - To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for the fiscal years 2004 and 2005, to authorize appropriations under the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for security assistance for fiscal years 2004 and 2005, and for other purposes. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

June 24

Projection Forces Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on the General Accounting Office's considerations concerning the Air Force air refueling tanker replacement. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Bartlett’s Opening Statement (html)

• Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Lt. General Michael E. Zettler, USAF (html)

Deputy Chief of Staff

Installations and Logistics Headquarters, United States Air Force

Major General Paul W. Essex Director (html)

Plans and Programs Headquarter

Air Mobility Command

Mr. Neil Curtin (pdf)

Director of Defense Capabilities and Management

General Accounting Office

June 18

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on worldwide U.S. military commitments 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Paul D. Wolfowitz (html)

Deputy Secretary of Defense

General Peter Pace (html)

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

June 12 

Full Committee will meet to receive a briefing on the state of reconstruction and stabilization operations in Iraq.

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable L. Paul Bremer (via teleconference)

Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority

Mr. Lawrence DiRita

Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense

May 14
Full Committee will continue to mark up legislation from Tuesday, May 13: H.R.  1588 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.

·        Audio Transcript

May 13

Full Committee will mark up the following legislation: H.R.  1588 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.

·        Audio Transcript

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (pdf) (html)

·        Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee Chairman Saxton’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Tactical Air and Land Subcommittee Chairman Weldon’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Projection Forces Subcommittee Chairman Bartlett’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Total Force Subcommittee Chairman McHugh’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman Terry Everett’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Military Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Hefley’s Opening Statement: (html)

May 9

Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will mark up the following legislation:  H.R.  1588 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Saxton’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Audio Transcript

May 9

Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will mark up the following legislation: H.R.  1588 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Weldon’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Audio Transcript

May 9

Readiness Subcommittee will mark up the following legislation: H.R.  1588 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Hefley’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Audio Transcript

May 7

Projection Forces Subcommittee will mark up the following legislation: H.R.  1588 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Bartlett’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Audio Transcript

May 7

Strategic Forces Subcommittee will mark up the following legislation: H.R.  1588 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Everett’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Audio Transcript

May 7

Total Force Subcommittee will mark up the following legislation: H.R.  1588 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2004, and for other purposes.

·        Subcommittee Chairman McHugh’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Audio Transcript

May 2

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on The Defense Transformation for the 21st Century Act.

Witnesses:

Honorable David S.C. Chu

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

Admiral Vernon E. Clark, USN

Chief of Naval Operations

May 1

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on The Defense Transformation for the 21st Century Act.

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable David S.C. Chu (html)

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

Honorable E.C. "Pete" Aldridge

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Honorable David M. Walker (pdf)

Comptroller General of the United States

Honorable Bobby L. Harnage (html)

National President

American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO

April 4 

The Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on Iraq's violations of the Law of Armed Conflict.

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witness:

W. Hays Parks (html)

Special Assistant for Law of War Matters

The Judge Advocate General, Department of the Army

April 3

Total Force Subcommittee will receive testimony on Views from the Field — Perspectives of Mobilized Reservists. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman McHugh’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Sergeant First Class Steven Davis

U.S. Army Reserve

Master Sergeant Gary L. Beaver

Virginia Army National Guard

Petty Officer Robert Lehman

U.S. Navy Research

Master Sergeant Kevin R. Smith

U.S. Air Force Reserve

Staff Sergeant Johnathan Stallings

North Carolina Air National Guard

Gunnery Sergeant Nancy Jean Koehler

U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

April 3

Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request for Department of Defense Information Technology Programs.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Saxton’s Opening Statement: (html)

Witnesses:

Honorable John P. Stenbit (html)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence

Rear Admiral Nancy E. Brown (html)

Deputy Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (J6) Joint Staff

Lieutenant General Harry D. Raduege (html)

Director

Defense Information Systems Agency

Lieutenant General Peter Cuviello (html)

Chief Information Officer

Department of the Army

John Gilligan (html)

Chief Information Officer

Department of the Air Force

David W. Wennergren (pdf)

Chief Information Officer

Department of the Navy

Brigadier General John R. Thomas (html)

Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4)

Chief Information Officer for the Marine Corps

April 3

Projection Forces Subcommittee will receive testimony on the Department of Navy fiscal year 2004 research and development program in support of naval transformation and future naval capabilities. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Bartlett’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

Witnesses:

Honorable John J. Young (html)

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)

Vice Admiral John B. Nathman (html)

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements and Programs

Rear Admiral Jay M. Cohen

Chief of Naval Research

April 2

Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request for the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force tactical weapon system acquisition programs and future technology initiatives.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Weldon’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable John J. Young, Jr.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development & Acquisition)

Rear Admiral Mark P. Fitzgerald, USN

Air Warfare Division

Lieutenant General Michael A. Hough, USMC

Deputy Commandant for Aviation

(Joint Statement: Young, Fitzgerald, and Hough)

Honorable Dr. Martin R. Sambur

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)

Lieutenant General Ronald E. Keys, USAF

Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations

(Joint Statement: Sambur and Keys)

Lieutenant General John D.W. Corley, USAF (html)

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition)

Allen Li (pdf)

Director

Acquisition Sourcing Management, S. General Accounting Office

April 2

Total Force Subcommittee will receive testimony on Military Resale and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Programs Activities.

·        Subcommittee Chairman McHugh’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

Witnesses:

Honorable Charles S. Abell (html)

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

Lieutenant General Michael E. Zettler, USAF (html)

Chairman

Department of Defense Commissary Operating Board, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics Headquarters, U.S. Air Force

Major General Kathryn G. Frost, USA (html)

Commander

Army and Air Force Exchange Services

Rear Admiral William J. Maguire, USN (html)

Supply Corps

U.S. Navy, Commander, Navy Exchange Service Command

Major General Mike Wiedemer, USAF (html)

Director

Commissary Agency

Michael P. Downs (html)

Director

Personnel and Family Readiness Division, U.S. Marine Corps

April 1

Full Committee will receive testimony on all major Department of Defense acquisition programs, and review the Department's plans for acquisition reform and future acquisition programs.

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witness:

Honorable E.C. "Pete" Aldridge (html)

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

April 1

Total Force Subcommittee will receive testimony on the U.S. Air Force report on sexual assault issues at the academy.

·        Subcommittee Chairman McHugh’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable James Roche

Secretary of the Air Force

General John P. Jumper

Chief of Staff

U.S. Air Force

(Joint Statement: Roche and Jumper)

April 1

Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request for the Special Operations command. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Saxton’s Opening Statement: (html)

Witnesses:

Marshall Billingslea (html)

Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict

Harry E. Shulte (html)

Acquisition Executive

United States Special Operations Command

March 27 

Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will receive testimony on Department of Defense science and technology policy and programs for fiscal year 2004.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Saxton’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Ronald M. Sega (html)

Director

Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense

Dr. Anthony J. Tether (html)

Director

Defense Advanced Research Project Agency

Dr. A. Michael Andrews (html)

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology

Rear Admiral Jay M. Cohen (html)

Chief of Naval Research

Department of the Navy

James B. Engle (html)

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Science, Technology & Engineering)

March 27

Total Force Subcommittee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request for the defense health program and the next generation of TRICARE contracts and TRICARE retail pharmacy contracts.

·        Subcommittee Chairman McHugh’s Opening Statement by Chairman McHugh (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

Witnesses:

Honorable William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, MBA (html)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

Lieutenant General James B. Peake (html)

Surgeon General of the Army

Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command

Vice Admiral Michael L. Cowan (html)

Surgeon General of the Navy

Lieutenant General George P. Taylor, Jr. (html)

Surgeon General of the Air Force

Sue Schwartz, DBA, RN, Co-Chair

The Military Coalition's Health Care Committee

Robert Washington, Sr., Co-Chair

The Military Coalition's Health Care Committee

(Joint Statement:  Schwartz and Washington)

Captain Marshall Hanson, USNR (Ret.)

National Military Veterans' Alliance

Deirdre Parke Holleman, Esquire

National Military Veterans' Alliance

(Joint Statement:  Hanson and Holleman)

David B. Vann (html)

Military Retiree Grass Roots Group

Dr. Marjorie Kanof, M.D., Director (html)

Clinical and Military Health Care, U.S. General Accounting Office

March 27

Projection Forces Subcommittee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request for Navy Projection Forces.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Bartlett’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

John J. Young (html)

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)

Vice Admiral John B. Nathman

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements and Programs

Vice Admiral Michael G. Mullen

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Requirements, and Assessments

(Joint Statement:  Nathman and Mullen)

March 26 

Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request for Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UCAV) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) programs.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Weldon’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witness:

Dyke Weatherington (html)

UAV Planning Task Force, Defense Systems, Air Warfare

Office of the Secretary of Defense

March 25
Readiness Subcommittee will receive testimony on outsourcing and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 process.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Hefley’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Angela B. Styles (html)

Administrator

Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget

Honorable Michael M. Wynne (html)

Principle Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology)

Jacques Simon (html)

Public Policy Director

American Federation of Government Employees

Mark F. Wagner (html)

Vice President for Government Relations

Johnson Controls, Inc.

March 20 
Readiness Subcommittee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Hefley’s Opening Statement (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable H.T. Johnson

Acting Secretary of the Navy

Brigadier General Ronald S. Coleman, USMC

Assistant Deputy Commandant Installations and Logistics (Facilities)

Rear Admiral Christopher Cole

Office of Chief of Naval Operations, Ashore Readiness Division

Rear Admiral (Sel) Craig McDonald

Deputy Director of Naval Reserve

(Joint Statement: Johnson, Coleman, Cole, and McDonald)

Honorable Nelson F. Gibbs

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Installations, Environment and Logistics

Major General Earnest O. Robbins, II

The Air Force Civil Engineer

Brigadier General David A. Brubaker

Deputy Director

Air National Guard

Brigadier General William A. Rajczak

Deputy to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve

(Joint Statement: Gibbs, Robbins, Brubaker, and Rajczak)

March 20

Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Weldon’s Opening Statement: (html)  

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Glen Lamartin (html)

Director

Tactical and Strategic Systems, Department of Defense

Honorable Claude M. Bolton, Jr.

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology

General Paul J. Kern

Commanding General

Army Materiel Command

(Joint Statement: Bolton and Kern)

Lieutenant General Robert Magnus (html)

Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources

U.S. Marine Corps

March 20

Full Committee will receive testimony on the 2004 fiscal year defense authorization budget request for Ballistic Missile Defense programs.

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable E.C. "Pete" Aldridge, Jr. (html)

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Honorable J.D. Crouch (html)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy

Lieutenant General Ronald T. Kadish (html)

Director

Missile Defense Agency

Honorable Thomas P. Christie (html)

Director

Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense

March 19 

Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will receive testimony on the Department of Defense efforts to address the chemical and biological threat. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Saxton’s Opening Statement: (html)

Witnesses:

Dr. Dale Klein (html)

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense)

Brigadier General Stephen Goldfein, USAF

Director

Joint Requirements Office, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (J8), Joint Staff

Dr. Anthony J. Tether (html)

Director

Defense Advanced Research Project Agency

Brigadier General Stephen Reeves, USA (html)

Joint Program Executive Officer

Chemical and Biological Defense Program

Dr. Stephen M. Younger (html)

Director

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

March 19

Total Force Subcommittee will receive testimony on domestic violence, Joint Officer Management and education reform, employer support of the Guard and Reserve, Reserve pay and benefits, and Department of Defense Active and Reserve Components Force Mix Study.

·        Subcommittee Chairman McHugh’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Lieutenant General Garry L. Parks

Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, USMC

Deborah D. Tucker

Executive Director

National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence

(Joint Statement: Parks and Tucker)

Honorable Charles Abell (html)

Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

John M. Molino

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy

Derek B. Stewart (pdf)

Manager

Defense Capabilities and Management, General Accounting Office

Stuart Wilson

Associate

Booz Allen Hamilton

Dr. Paul Herbert, Ph.D.

Association

Booz Allen Hamilton

(Joint Statement: Wilson and Herbert)

Derek B. Stewart (pdf)

Director

Defense Capabilities and Management, General Accounting Office

Jennifer C. Buck (html)

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Resources

Lieutenant General James E. Cartwright

Director

Force Structure Resources and Assessment, Joint Staff

March 19

Strategic Forces Subcommittee will receive testimony on space programs in the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Everett’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

Witness:

Peter B. Teets (html)

Under Secretary of the Air Force

March 18 

Readiness Subcommittee will receive testimony on  the fiscal year 2004 defense authorization budget request. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Hefley’s Opening Statement: (html) 

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Raymond F. DuBois, Jr.  (html)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment

Honorable Mario P. Fiori

Assistant Secretary of the Army, Installations and Facilities

Major General Larry Lust, USA

Assistant Chief of Staff for Installations Management

Brigadier General Clyde A. Vaughn

Deputy Director

Army National Guard

Major General Collis N. Phillips

Deputy Chief

Army Reserve

(Joint Statement: Fiori, Lust, Vaughn and Phillips)

March 18

Readiness Subcommittee will receive testimony on the state of military readiness and review of the fiscal year 2004 defense authorization budget request. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Hefley’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

General John M. Keane, USA (html)

Vice Chief of Staff

Department of Army

Admiral William F. Fallon (html)

Vice Chief of Naval Operations

Department of the Navy

General Robert H. Foglesong (html)

Vice Chief of Staff

Department of the Air Force

General William L. Nyland (html)

Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, U.S. Marine Corps

March 13 

Total Force Subcommittee will receive testimony on the Department of Defense total force transformation and overview of the fiscal year 2004 military personnel budget request. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman McHugh’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

Witnesses:

Honorable David S. C. Chu (html)

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

Lieutenant General John Le Moyne (html)

Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, USA

Vice Admiral Gerald Hoewing (html)

Chief of Naval Personnel

Lieutenant General Garry L. Parks (html)

Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, USMC

Lieutenant General Richard E. (Tex) Brown (html)

Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, USAF

March 13

Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will receive testimony on force protection policy: The role of the Department of Defense and the National Guard in homeland security. 

·        Subcommittee Chairman Saxton’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Paul McHale (html)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Security

Major General Raymond F. Rees (html)

Acting Chief, National Guard Bureau

Major General Timothy J. Lowenberg (html)

Adjutant General, Director

Washington Military Department

March 13

Readiness Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on environmental legislative proposals.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Hefley’s Opening Statement: (html)

• Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Raymond F. DuBois, Jr. (html)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment

Department of Defense

Honorable Nelson Gibbs (html)

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment & Logistics Department of the Air Force

Honorable Raymond J. Fatz (html)

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Environment, Safety and Occupational Health) Department of the Army

Honorable Wayne Arny (html)

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Facilities)

Department of the Navy

John Peter Suarez (html)

Assistant Administrator

Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Julie MacDonald (html)

Special Assistant to Assistant Administrator for Fish, Wildlife and Parks

U.S. Department of the Interior

William Hogarth (html)

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Dr. Darlene R. Ketten

Senior Scientist

Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Assistant Professor in Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

Nina M. Young (html)

Director of Marine Wildlife Conservation

The Ocean Conservancy

Lenny Siegel (html)

Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight

Michael Bean (html)

Chairman

Wildlife Program, Environmental Defense

March 13

Full Committee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request.

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

General Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF (html)

Commander

U.S. Northern Command

Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr. USN (html)

Commander

U.S. Strategic Command

March 12 

Total Force Subcommittee will receive testimony on patron and industry perspectives on military exchanges, commissaries, and morale, welfare and recreation programs. 

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Lillie Cannon

Deputy Director

Governmental Relations, National Military Family Association

Joe Barnes

National Executive Secretary

Fleet Reserve Association

(Joint Statement: Cannon and Barnes)

Richard D. Murray (html)

President

National Association of Uniformed Services

Lloyd Johnson (html)

Vice Chairman

Armed Forces Marketing Council

Boyd W. Raines (html)

Chairman of the Board

American Logistics Association

March 12

Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Weldon’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

Witnesses:

Major General Joseph L. Bergantz

Program Executive Officer for Aviation

Department of the Army

Dr. Thomas H. Killion

Director for Technology

Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology

(Joint Statement: Bergantz and Killion)

Rear Admiral Tom Kilcline

Head

Aviation Plans and Requirements Branch, Department of the Navy

Tom Laux

Program Executive Officer, Air ASW, Assault, and Special Missions

Department of the Navy

(Joint Statement: Kilcline and Laux)

Rhett Flater (html)

Executive Director

American Helicopter Safety International

Dean C. Borgman (html)

President

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

John Murphy (html)

Chairman and CEO

Bell Helicopter Textron

Roger A. Krone (html)

Senior Vice President, Army Systems

The Boeing Company

March 12

Full Committee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, USN (pdf)

Commander

U.S. Pacific Command

General Leon J. Laporte, USA (pdf)

Commander

U.S. Forces Korea

March 12

Full Committee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 national defense authorization budget request. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

General Charles R. Holland, USAF (html)

Commander

U.S. Special Operations Command

General James T. Hill, USA (html)

Commander

U.S. Southern Command

Admiral E.P. Giambastiani, USN (html)

Commander

U.S. Joint Forces Command

March 6 

Strategic Forces Subcommittee will receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 Department of Energy budget request.

·        Subcommittee Chairman Everett’s Opening Statement: (html)

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Robert C. Card

Under Secretary of Energy, Energy, Science and Environment

Jessie Robertson

Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management

Department of Energy

(Joint Statement: Card and Robertson)

Dr. Everet Beckner (html)

Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs

National Nuclear Security Administration

March 4 

Full Committee will receive testimony on U.S.-Russian Cooperative Threat Reduction and Non-Proliferation Programs.

·        Opening Statement by Chairman Hunter (html) (pdf)

·        CTR Fact Sheet (pdf)

·        CTR Editorial Article (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable J.D. Crouch, II (html)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy

Ambassador Linton Brooks (html)

Acting Administrator

National Nuclear Security Administration

Honorable Paula A. DeSutter (html)

Assistant Secretary of State

Bureau of Verification and Compliance

Mr. David Steensma (pdf)

Deputy Assistant Inspector General

Auditing, U.S. Department of Defense

Mr. Joseph A. Christoff (pdf)

Director

International Affairs and Trade Team, U.S. General Accounting Office

February 27

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 National Defense Authorization budget request.

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable James G. Roche

Secretary of the Air Force

General John P. Jumper

Air Force Chief of Staff

(Joint Statement: Roche and Jumper)                   

February 26

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 National Defense Authorization budget request. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Hansford T. Johnson (html)

Acting Secretary of the Navy

Admiral Vernon E. Clark (html)

Chief of Naval Operations

General Michael W. Hagee (html) 

Commandant of the Marine Corps

February 26

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on U.S. forward-deployed strategy in the European Theater.

·        Opening Statement by Chairman Hunter (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

General Montgomery C. Meigs, USA (Ret.) (html)

Former Commanding General

US Army Europe and 7th Army

 

Dr. Fred Kagan, Ph.D. (html)

Associate Professor of Military History

United States Military Academy

 

Mr. Tom Donnelly (html)

American Enterprise Institute

February 12 

Full Committee will meet to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2004 National Defense Authorization budget request. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Thomas E. White

Secretary of the Army

General Eric K. Shinseki

Army Chief of Staff

(Joint Statement: White and Shinseki)                  

February 5 

Full Committee will meet to organize for the 108th Congress, approve the committee rules and approve the committee oversight plan.

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf)

·        Audio Transcript

February 5

Full Committee will receive testimony on the Fiscal Year 2004 Defense Budget Request. 

·        Chairman Hunter’s Opening Statement: (html) (pdf) 

·        Hearing Transcript (html)

·        Audio Transcript

Witnesses:

Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld (html)

Secretary of Defense

General Richard Myers, USAF (html)

Chairman

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Honorable Dov Zakheim

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

January 9 

Press Conference Introducing Congressman Duncan Hunter as Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (pdf) (html)

• Audio Transcript