1997 Congressional Hearings

Gulf War Illnesses
09 January 1997 Senate Veterans Affairs Committee

• George J. Tenet - Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency

CONFIRMATION OF WILLIAM S. COHEN AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
JANUARY 22, 1997 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

• William S. Cohen
• Q&A excerpts on QDR and NDP

Fiscal Year 1998 National Defense Authorization Request
February 12, 1997 House National Security Committee

• William S. Cohen - Secretary of Defense
• Gen. John M. Shalikashvili - Chairman of theJoint Chiefs of Staff

Fiscal Year 1998 National Defense Authorization Request
February 12, 1997 Senate Armed Services Committee

• William S. Cohen - Secretary of Defense
• Gen. John M. Shalikashvili - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Q&A excerpts on QDR

Fiscal Year 1998 National Defense Authorization Request
February 26, 1997 House Appropriations National Security Subcommittee

• William S. Cohen - Secretary of Defense
• Gen. John M. Shalikashvili - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Excerpt of hearing -- Quadrennial Defense Review
• Excerpt of hearing -- Rep . Norm Dicks on B-2

Tactical Fighter Aircraft Modernization
05 March 1997 House Military Procurement and Military Research & Development Subcommittees

• Paul Kaminski -- Under Secretary of Defense, (Acquisition & Technology)
• Gen. Joseph Ralston--USAF, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Cindy Williams, Assistant Director, National Security Division, Congressional Budget Office
• Louis Rodrigues, Director of Defense Acquisitions, General Accounting Office

FY 1998 NAVY/MARINE CORPS ACQUISITION
MARCH 6, 1997 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS NATIONAL SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE

• STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE JOHN W. DOUGLASS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION) AND VICE ADMIRAL DONALD L. PILLING, USN DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS RESOURCES, WARFARE REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS AND LIEUTENANT GENERAL JEFFREY W. OSTER, USMC DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF PROGRAMS & RESOURCES

U.S. Assistance to the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
11 March 1997 - House Committee on International Relations

• HEARING TRANSCRIPT

Measuring Readiness
11 March 1997 - House Military Readiness Subcommittee

• Mark Gebicke -- Director of Military Operations & Capabilities, U.S. General Accounting Office
• Louis Finch--Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Readiness)
• Brig. Gen. Stephen B. Plummer, USAF -- Deputy Director, Current Readiness & Capabilities, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Maj. Gen. D. C. Grange -- Director of Operations, Readiness & Mobilization, Department of the Army
• Rear Adm. John Craine, Jr.--Director of Assessments, Department of the Navy
• Maj. Gen. Donald L. Peterson -- Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans & Operations, Department of the Air Force
• Brig. Gen. Matthew Broderick--Director of Operations Division, Plans, Policy & Operations Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps

B-2 bomber
12 March 1997 - House Military Procurement Subcommittee

• Richard Perle -- Resident Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute
• Loren Thompson, Senior Fellow, The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
• Eliot A. Cohen, Director, Strategic Studies, School for Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University
• Robert W. Chandler, President, Strategic Planning International, Inc.
• Congressman Norman D. Dicks (D-WA)

DoD Space Programs and Issues
March 12, 1997 Senate Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee

• Keith R. Hall, Acting Director, National Reconnaissance Office

Confirmation of Keith R. Hall Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
Senate Armed Services Committee

• Keith R. Hall Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Nominee

New Attack Submarine Program
18 March 1997 House Military Procurement Subcommittee

• John W. Douglass, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development, and Acquisition
• Vice Admiral Donald L. Pilling, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Resources, Requirements, and Assessments
• John S. Foster, Jr. -- Private Consultant, Former Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Current Member of the Defense Science Board
• Lowell Wood -- Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• Tony Battista, Private Consultant, Former Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee
• Norman Polmar Naval Analyst, Author/Columnist, and Lecturer
• Ronald O'Rourke -- Specialist in National Defense, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress

INFORMATION SUPERIORITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY BATTLEFIELD
MARCH 20, 1997 HOUSE MILITARY PROCURMENT AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEES

• CURT WELDON CHAIRMAN, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
• Ms. Joan Dempsey--Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence and Security)
• Lt. General Douglas D. Buchholz U.S. Army--Director for Command, Control, Communications and Computers Systems (J-6), The Joint Staff
• Major General David J. Kelley U.S. Army--Vice Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
• Lt. General Otto J. Guenther Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers, Headquarters, Department of the Army
• Vice Admiral Arthur K. Cebrowski Director, Navy Space, Information Warfare, Command and Control, Chief of Naval Operations
• Lt. General Paul K. Van Riper--Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
• Lt. General William L. Donahue Deputy Chief of Staff, Communications and Information, Headquarters, Department of the Air Force
• Duane P. Andrews Chairman, Defense Science Board Task Force on Information Warfare-Defense, Executive Vice President, Science Application International Corporation

FY 1998 NAVY SUBMARINE PROGRAMS
APRIL 8, 1997 SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE: SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER

• John W. Douglass, Assistant Secretary Of The Navy (Research, Development And Acquisition)
• Rear Admiral Robert E. Frick Program Executive Officer, Submarines
• Vice Admiral Donald L. Pilling, USN, Deputy Chief Of Naval Operations, Resources, Warfare Requirements And Assessments

WORLDWIDE SUBMARINE CHALLENGES, 1997
8 APRIL 1997 SENATE ARMED SERVICES SEAPOWER SUBCOMMITTEE

• REAR ADMIRAL MICHAEL W. CRAMER DIRECTOR OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

Aid to Eastern Europe and the New Independent States
April 9, 1997 - House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations

• Thomas A. Dine, Assistant Administrator Bureau of Europe and the New Independent States United States Agency for International Development
• James H. Holmes Coordinator for East European Assistance U.S. Department of State
• Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State on Assistance to the New Independent States

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Programs
April 9, 1997 Senate Armed Services Airland Forces Subcommittees

• Charles E. Heber - DARPA HAE UAV Program Office

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Programs
April 9, 1997 House National Security 
Military Procurement and Military Research & Development Subcommittees

• Duncan Hunter Opening Statement
• Curt Weldon Opening Statement
• Lt. Gen. Jay M. Garner USA--Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
• Vice Adm. Donald L. Pilling USN--Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Resources, Warfare Requirements & Assessments
• Lt. Gen. Paul K. Van Riper USMC--Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command
• Lt. Gen. Brett M. Dula USAF--Vice Commander, Air Combat Command
• VAdm Dennis C. Blair Director, Joint Staff, JCS
• Maj. Gen. Kenneth Israel USAF--Director, Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office

FY 1998 Department of Defense authorization request - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Programs
April 16, 1997, House Armed Services Committee, Military Procurement and Military Research & Development Subcommittee

• Vice Admiral Dennis C. Blair, Director, The Joint Staff

Quadrennial Defense Review and National Defense Panel
April 16, 1997, House National Security Committee

• Philip A. Odeen, Chairman, National Defense Panel
• Adm. David E. Jeremiah (Ret.), Member, National Defense Panel, Former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Andrew F. Krepinevich, Member, National Defense Panel, Director, Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments

Operational Readiness of U.S. Military Forces
17 April 1997 -- Senate Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee

• ADMIRAL HAROLD W. GEHMAN,JR., U.S. NAVY VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
• VICE ADMIRAL HERBERT A. BROWNE, USN COMMANDER, THIRD FLEET

SINO-AMERICAN RELATIONS AND U.S. POLICY OPTIONS
April 23, 1997 House International Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs

• Jeffrey A. Bader Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
  HEARING TRANSCRIPT

Quadrennial Defense Review
Wednesday, May 21 1997 - House National Security

• William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense
• Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Quadrennial Defense Review
Thursday, May 22 1997 - House National Security

• Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, Chief of Staff, Army
• Adm. Jay L. Johnson, Chief of Naval Operations, Navy
• Gen. Charles C. Krulak, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
• Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, Chief of Staff, Air Force

B-2 Bomber
11 June 1997 - House Appropriations National Security Subcommittee

• Commander Air Combat Command [COMACC]

Iran Libya Sanctions Act
23 July 1997 - House International Relations Committee

• Hearing Annoucement
• Chairman Benjamin A. Gilman
• Alan Larson, Assistant Secretary of State, Economic and Business Affairs
• David Welch, Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Near East Affairs
• Patrick Clawson, senior research professor, National Defense University
• Sara Miller, editor, Petroleum Intelligence
• Ayatollah Mehdi Haeri Khorshidi, Iranian National Conference
  HEARING TRANSCRIPT

Reserve Component issues resulting from the Quadrennial Defense Review
29 July 1997 - House Military Personnel Subcommittee

• Honorable Edward L. Warner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Requirements
• Mr. William J. Lynn, Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, DOD
• Lt. Gen. David J. McCloud, Director, Force Structure, Resources and Assessments, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Honorable Sara E. Lister, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
• General Ronald Griffith, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army
• Major General William Navas, Director, Army National Guard
• Major General Max Baratz, Chief, Army Reserve
• Major General Richard Alexande, President, National Guard Association of the US
• CAPT Fred R. Becker, Jr. (USN, Ret.), Reserve Officers Association of the US
• Mr. James R. Blaker, Science Applications International Corp
• Mr. Michael O'Hanlon, The Brookings Institution

Hearing on Chinese Political Developments, Threats to U.S. National Security, & Intelligence Challenges
September 18, 1997 - Senate Intelligence Committee

• Dr. Michael Pillsbury, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council and Associate Fellow, National Defense University

China Policy
September 18, 1997 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Harry Wu Executive Director, The Laogai Research Foundation

Iran-Libya Sanctions Act
October 30, 1997, Senate Banking Committee

• James Harmon, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank)
• Richard Newcomb, Treasury Department Director Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
• William C. Ramsay Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities