1998 Congressional Hearings

Department of State Budget Request
FEBRUARY 10, 1998 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

• SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT

Quadrennial Defense Review and National Defense Panel
January 29 House Military Personnel Subcommittee

Panel 1: National Defense Panel
• Ambassador Richard Armitage
• General Robert RisCassi, USA, ret.
• General James McCarthy, USAF, ret.
Panel 2: Department of Defense, Joint Staff
• Dr. Edward L. Warner, III, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Threat Reduction
• Brigadier General James E. Cartwright, Deputy Director, Force Structure Resource and Assessment Directorate, JCS
Panel 3: Army Perspectives
• Lieutenant General David K. Heebner, Assistant Vice Chief of Staff, USA
• Brigadier General James R. Helmly, Deputy Chief, USA Reserve
• Major General William Navas, Director, Army National Guard
Panel 4: Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Perspectives
• Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments
• Rear Admiral George Vaughan, Chief, Naval Reserve
• Lieutenant Gen. Martin R. Steele, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans, Policy and Operations
• Major General Thomas L. Wilkerson, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve
Panel 5: Air Force Perspectives
• Lieutenant General Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans and Programs)
• Major General Robert A. McIntosh, Chief, Air Force Reserve
• Brigadier General Paul A. Weaver, Jr., Director Air National Guard

Report of the National Defense Panel
January 29, 1998 -- Senate Armed Services Committee

• James Schlesinger

Fiscal Year 1999 National Defense Authorization Budget Request 
5 February 1998 House Committee on National Security

• William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense
• General Henry H. Shelton, Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff

Acquisition & Technology Overview
February 26, 1998 House National Security: Procurement and Research and Development Subcommittees

• Jacques S. Gansler, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology

Department of State Budget Request
February 26, 1998 SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE

• SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT

Navy Modernization Plan for FY99-03
04 MARCH 1998 - HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY: MILITARY PROCUREMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEES

• JOHN W. DOUGLASS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION)

FY 99 AIR FORCE BUDGET OVERVIEW
05 MARCH 1998 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS NATIONAL SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE

• F. WHITTEN PETERS ACTING SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
• GENERAL MICHAEL E. RYAN CHIEF OF STAFF UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

Air Force Modernization Plan for FY99-03
10 MARCH 1998 - HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY: MILITARY PROCUREMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEES

• LIEUTENANT GENERAL GEORGE K. MUELLNER, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force For Acquisition

Recent Developments in the Middle East
March 10, 1998 House International Relations Committee

• Martin S. Indyk, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

FY 1999 Defense Budget Posture 
12 MARCH 1998 - HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE

• Admiral Jay L. Johnson, Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy
• General Michael E. Ryan, Chief of Staff, Department of the Air Force
• GENERAL CHARLES C. KRULAK, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS
• GENERAL DENNIS J. REIMER, CHIEF OF STAFF UNITED STATES ARMY

U.S. NAVY SHIP ACQUISITION 
MARCH 17, 1998 SENATE ARMED SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE ON SEAPOWER

• JERRY MACARTHUR HULTIN UNDER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

Tactical Aviation Modernization
March 25, 1998 -- SENATE ARMED SERVICES AIRLAND FORCES SUBCOMMITTEE

• John Douglass, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Research, Development and Acquisition
• Arthur Money, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Acquisition
• Philip Coyle, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Office of the Secretary of Defense
• Louis Rodrigues, Director, Defense Acquisitions United States General Accounting Office

Situation in the Persian Gulf
March 25, 1998 Senate Armed Services Committee

• Ambassador Paul Wolfowitz Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
• David A. Kay Director Center for Counterterrorism Technology and Analysis Science Applications International Corporation
• Anthony H. Cordesman Co-Director Middle East Studies Program Center for Strategic and International Studies

Iran in Transition: Uncertain Hostility, Uncertain Threat
May 6, 1998 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Anthony H. Cordesman, Senior Fellow and Co-Director, CSIS Middle East Studies Program

Dialogue with Iran
May 14, 1998 --Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Richard W. Murphy, Senior Fellow for the Middle East Council on Foreign Relations
• Martin S. Indyk
• Steven Emerson
• Michael Eisenstadt
  TRANSCRIPT - UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAN

China Trade Policy
May 14, 1998 House Commerce Telecommunications Trade & Consumer Protection Subcommittee

• Ambassador David L. Aaron Under Secretary of Commerce
• Carlos Moore American Textile Manufacturers Institute
• Michael C. Maibach Intel Corporation
• Greg Mastel Economic Strategy Institute
• Robert A. Kapp U.S. China Business Council
• Thomas J. Duesterberg The Hudson Institute
• Paul Leventhal Nuclear Control Institute

U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
May 15, 1998 -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Stanley O. Roth Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

RENEWING CHINA'S MFN STATUS
17 June 1998 House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee

• STANLEY O. ROTH ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
JULY 29, 1998 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

• MARTIN S. INDYK ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS
• PARTIAL HEARING TRANSCRIPT

CONCERNING READINESS
24 SEPTEMBER 1998 SENATE ARMED SERVICES READINESS SUBCOMMITTEE

• General Thomas A. Schwartz, USA Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command
• General David A. Bramlett, USA Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces Command
• MAJOR GENERAL WAYNE E. ROLLINGS, II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

Readiness of U.S. Armed Forces
29 September 1998 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• General Henry Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• GENERAL DENNIS J. REIMER, CHIEF OF STAFF UNITED STATES ARMY
• ADMIRAL JAY L. JOHNSON, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
• GENERAL CHARLES C. KRULAK, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS
• General Michael E. Ryan, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force

State of U.S. Military Forces
October 7, 1998 House National Security Committee

• Adm. Frank Kelso, Former Chief of Naval Operations
• Gen. Thomas Moorman, Jr., Former Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force
• Gen. Richard I. Neal, Former Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
• Gen. Gordon S. Sullivan, Former Chief of Staff of the Army