Update: HASC Hearing Schedule: June 22-26

Friday Strategic Forces Time/Location/Panel Order Change

Washington, DC, June 22, 2015
WASHINGTON - House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring (5) hearings the week of June 22-26, 2015.
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) released the following schedule featuring (5) hearings the week of June 22-26, 2015.

Wednesday June 24, 2015

"The Counterterrorism Strategy Against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL): Are We on the Right Path?"
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats & Capabilities
(2:00 PM - 2118 RHOB - Open)
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses:
Ms. Linda Robinson
Senior International Policy Analyst
RAND Corporation

Mr. Brian Fishman
Counterterrorism Research Fellow, International Studies Program
New America Foundation

Mr. Michael Eisenstadt
Director, Military & Security Studies Program
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Dr. Frederick W. Kagan
Christopher Demuth Chair and Director, Critical Threats Project
American Enterprise Institute


Thursday June 25, 2015

“Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century"
Full Committee
(10:00 AM - 2118 RHOB - Open)
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses:
The Honorable Robert O. Work
Deputy Secretary of Defense
U.S. Department of Defense

The Honorable Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
Deputy Secretary of Energy
U.S. Department of Energy

Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., USN
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. Department of Defense


“Update on Findings and Recommendations of the 2014 Department of Defense Nuclear Enterprise Review”
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
(2:00 PM - 2212 RHOB - Open)
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses:
Dr. Yisroel Brumer
OSD/Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation

Vice Admiral Terry Benedict, USN
Director, Strategic Systems Programs

Major General Jack Weinstein, USAF
Commander, 20th Air Force

Major General Richard Clark, USAF
Commander, 8th Air Force


Friday June 26, 2015

“Public Shipyards' Role in Meeting Navy Operational Requirements”
Subcommittee on Readiness
(8:00 AM - 2212 RHOB - Open)
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses:
RDML Mark R. Whitney, U.S. Navy
Deputy Commander, Logistics, Maintenance and Industrial Operations Naval Sea Systems Command


"Assuring National Security Space: Investing in American Industry to End Reliance on Russian Rocket Engines"
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
(9:00 AM - 2118 RHOB - Open)
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses:

Panel 1:

Mr. Salvatore T. “Tory” Bruno
President and Chief Executive Officer
United Launch Alliance

Mr. Rob Meyerson
President
Blue Origin

Ms. Julie Van Kleeck
Vice President, Advanced Space and Launch Programs
Aerojet Rocketdyne

Mr. Frank Culbertson
President of Space Systems Group
Orbital ATK

Mr. Jeff Thornburg
Senior Director of Propulsion Engineering
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation

Panel 2:

The Honorable Katrina G. McFarland
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
Department of Defense

General John E. Hyten, USAF
Commander
Air Force Space Command

Lieutenant General Samuel A. Greaves, USAF
Commander
Air Force Space and Missiles Systems Center

Dr. Michael D. Griffin
Deputy Chair
RD-180 Availability Risk Mitigation Study