1997 Congressional Hearings
CONFIRMATION OF WILLIAM S. COHEN AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
JANUARY 22, 1997 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
- William S. Cohen
- Q&A excerpts on BMD, terrorism and related topics
The Future of Nuclear Deterrence
February 12, 1997 - Senate Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services
- Senator Cochran Opening statement
- Senator Levin Opening statement
- Senator Glenn Prepared statement
- Delivered Testimony and Prepared Statement Walter B. Slocombe,
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy - Delivered Testimony and Prepared Statement General Andrew J. Goodpaster, USA (Ret.),
Co-Chair, The Atlantic Council of the United States - Delivered Testimony and Prepared Statement Richard Perle,
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute - HEARING TRANSCRIPT
- WRITTEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
- JOINT STATEMENT ON REDUCTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARSENALS
ENGAGING THE HERMIT KINGDOM:
U.S. POLICY TOWARD THE KOREAN PENINSULA
FEBRUARY 26, 1997 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC SUBCOMMITTEE
- CHARLES KARTMAN ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY BUREAU OF EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF STATE
- KURT M. CAMPBELL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (ASIA AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS)
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
Federal Response to Terrorist Incidents Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction
28 February 1997 House National Security Military Research & Development
- CURT WELDON CHAIRMAN, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
- H. Allen Holmes Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict)
- Phillip C. Wilcox, Jr. Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism Department of State.
- Jeffrey M. David - Office of Special Technology, Program Manager for Technical Support Working Group National Programs, Department of Defense
- James R. Lawrence - Office of Special Technology, Program Manager for Technical Support Working Group International Programs, Department of Defense
- Chief Gary Marrs Oklahoma City Fire Department
UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
Foreign Relations Authorization for FY 1998-99 - U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency March 5, 1997 House Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights
- Chairman Christopher H. Smith Opening Statement
- John D. Holum, Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarament Agency
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
THREAT REDUCTION AND COUNTERPROLIFERATION POLICY
March 5 Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee
- Franklin C. Miller Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
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
FY 1998 security assistance budget request for foreign operations
12 March 1997 Senate subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion
- Thomas McNamara, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL BUDGET
MARCH 12, 1997 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONSENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
RUSSIAN MISSILE DETARGETING AND NUCLEAR DOCTRINE
March 13, 1997 HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
- CURT WELDON CHAIRMAN, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE
- Bruce Blair Brookings Institution
- J. Michael Waller Vice President American Foreign Policy Council and
- Mary Fitzgerald Hudson Institute
Strategic Force Posture
13 MARCH 1997 SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
- GENERAL EUGENE E. HABIGER, UNITED STATES STRATEGIC COMMAND
FY 1998 BUDGET REQUEST FOR NONPROLIFERATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY
18 March 1997 - House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
- Kenneth E. Baker Office of Nonproliferation and National Security U.S. Department of Energy
- Victor Reis Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs Department of Energy
FY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 1998 BUDGET OVERVIEW
19 March 1997 - Senate Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee
- Victor Reis Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs Department of Energy
- Siegfried S. Hecker, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory
FY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 1998 BUDGET OVERVIEW
19 March 1997 - House Appropriations Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
- Federico Pena Secretary U.S. Department of Energy
FY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 1998 BUDGET OVERVIEW
20 March 1997 - Senate Armed Services Committee
- Federico Pena Secretary U.S. Department of Energy
Chemical Weapons Convention
April 8, 1997 Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense
- James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense
- Caspar Weinberger,former Secretary of Defense
- Madeleine Korbel Albright,Secretary of State
Chemical Weapons Convention
April 9, 1997 Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Douglas J. Feith, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiation Policy
- Fred C. Ikle, former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
- Richard N. Perle,former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy
- Edward L. Rowny, International Negotiation Consultant
- Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Policy Advisor
- Admiral E.R. Zumwalt, Member, President's Foreign Intelligence Avisory Board
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
FY 1998 Department of Energy authorization request
April 10, 1997 - House National Security procurement subcommittee
- Federico F. Pena Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
- Victor H. Reis Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy
- Alvin L. Alm Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy
- Kenneth E. Baker Acting Director, Office of Nonproliferation & National Security, U.S. Department of Energy
- Siegfried S. Hecker Director, Los Alamos National Laboratories
- C. Paul Robinson President & Laboratories Director, Sandia National Laboratories
- Bruce C. Tarter Director , Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Ambrose L. Schwallie President, Westinghouse Savannah River Company
- William A. Weinreich General Manager for Mason & Hanger Corp., Pantex Plant
- Karen K. Clegg -President, Allied Signal Aerospace
China and Proliferation
April 10, 1997 - Senate Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on International security, Proliferation and Federal Services
- Robert Einhorn, deputy assistant secretary of state for nonproliferation,
- Gary Milhollin, Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
- James Lilley, former U.S. ambassador to China
- Appendix - Case Studies
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
COMPUTER EXPORT CONTROLS
April 15, 1997 - House National Security procurement subcommittee
- Harold Johnson GAO Associate Director, International Relations and Trade
- Gary Milhollin Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
- Stephen D. Bryen former deputy undersecretary of defense for technology security
- William Reinsch, undersecretary of commerce for export administration
- Victor H. Reis Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Energy
- Kenneth E. Baker Acting Director, Office of Nonproliferation and National Security, U.S. Department of Energy
Chemical Weapons Convention
April 15, 1997 Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- William A. Reinsch Under Secretary of Commerce
- Kathleen C. Bailey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Malcolm S. Forbes,Jr., President and CEO, Forbes, Inc
- Ralph V. Johnson, Dixie Chemical Company, Inc.
- Kevin L. Kearns, United States Business and Industrial Council
- Bruce Merrifield, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce
- Wayne Spears, Spears Manufacturing, Inc.
- Frederick Webber, Chemical Manufacturers Association
Chemical Weapons Convention
April 17, 1997 Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Porter J. Goss, U.S. Representative in Congress From Florida
- Ronald F. Lehman, former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- General William Odom, former Director, National Security Agency
- Edward J. O'Malley, former Assistant Director (Counterintelligence), Federal Bureau of Investigation
- The Case Against The Chemical Weapons Convention ``Truth or Consequences'' [Prepared by The Center for Security Policy]
- Remarks by President Bill Clinton and Others at the White House, April 4, 1997
- False Promises, Fatal Flaws: The Chemical Weapons Convention [Prepared by Empower America]
- Letters and Other Material Submitted in Support of Ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention:
- Letters Submitted in Opposition to Ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention
- Statement by Ronald F. Lehman Before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, June 9, 1994
Proliferation: Chinese Case Studies, Part II [CLOSED]
17 April 1997 - Senate Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on International security, Proliferation and Federal Services
- Gordon Oehler, Special Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence for Nonproliferation, and Director, DCI's Nonproliferation Center
IRAN AND PROLIFERATION: IS THE U.S. DOING ENOUGH?
APRIL 17, 1997 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
NEAR EASTERN AND SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE
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
THE ARMING OF IRAN: WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
MAY 6, 1997 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS
NEAR EASTERN AND SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE
NORTH KOREAN, IRANIAN, AND WORLDWIDE MISSILE THREATS
May 7, 1997 House National Security Subcommittee on Military Research and Development
- REPRESENTATIVE CURT WELDON, Opening statement
- David R. Tanks Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
- Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
- Executive Summary of Exploring U.S. Missile Defense Requirements in 2010, The Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc., April 1997
Chemical Weapons Implementing Legislation
May 13, 1997 - SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
- Richard L. Shiffrin Dep. Assistant Attorney General
- Ronald Rotunda U. of Illinois College of Law
- Bruce Merrifield Chairman & CEO, Pridtronics
- Barry Kellman DePaul U. College of Law
THE FUTURE OF THE EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT
MAY 13, 1997 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
PROLIFERATION: RUSSIAN CASE STUDIES
June 5, 1997 Senate Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services
- Press Alert: Cochran Chairs Governmental Affairs Subcommittee
- Witness List
- Senator Thad Cochran Opening Statement
- Robert Einhorn, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation, Department of State
- William C. Potter, Director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
- Richard H. Speier, Independent Consultant
- RECKLESS RUSSIAN ROCKET EXPORTS A Nonproliferation Policy Education Center Policy Brief
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
Proliferation and U.S. Export Controls
June 11, 1997, Senate Government Affairs
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee
- William Reinsch, Under Secretary for Export Administration, Department of Commerce
- Mitchel Wallerstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterproliferation, Department of Defense
- Stephen Bryen, President, Delta Tech
- William Schneider, Fellow, Hudson Institute
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
Threats Posed by Electromagnetic Pulse to U.S. Military Systems and Civilian Infrastructure
July 16, 1997 House Military Research & Development Subcommittee
- Opening Statement of the Honorable Curt Weldon
- George W. Ullrich, Deputy Director, Defense Special Weapons Agency
- Gary L. Smith, Director, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Road
- Gilbert I. Klinger, Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Space)
- Robert T. Marsh, Chairman, President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Lowell Wood, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
- Nelson Degangi CIA Representative
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
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
Missile Proliferation in the Information Age
22 September 1997 - Senate Government Affairs
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee
- William R. Graham, former Science Advisor to President Reagan, and former Deputy Administrator of NASA;
- W. Seth Carus, Visiting Fellow, National Defense University
- General Bernard A. Schriever, United States AirForce (retired), former Commander of Air Force Systems Command
Security of Russian nuclear weapons
01 October 1997 - House Military Research and Development Subcommittee
- Opening Statement of the Honorable Curt Weldon
- Jessica Stern, Formerly National Security Council Staff Member
- Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, Director, Office of Emergency Response Defense Programs, Department of Energy
- Arnold Warshawsky, Technology Assessment Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Arnaud de Borchgrave, Director, Global Organized Crime task Force
- Frank Cilluffo, Director, Russian Organized Crime Task Force
- William H. Webster, Chairman, Global Organized Crime Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
Security of Russian nuclear weapons
02 October 1997 - House Military Research and Development Subcommittee
- Opening Statement of the Honorable Curt Weldon
- Honorable Richard G. Lugar, Senator (R-IN)
- Dr. Alexei Yablokov, Professor for the Russian Federation Academy of Sciences
Implementation of the U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: Whose Interests Are Served?
October 7, 1997 - House International Relations Committee
- Hearing Announcement
- Chairman Benjamin A. Gilman
- Paul Leventhal President Nuclear Control Institute
- Jennifer Weeks Executive Director Project on Managing the Atom J.F.K. School of Government, Harvard University
- Marvin Fertel Vice President Nuclear Energy Institute
- Robert Gallucci Dean, School of Foreign Service Georgetown University
- Ken Adelman Former Director Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
Proliferation and U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation
October 8, 1997 - Senate Foreign Relations Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Subcommittee
- Senator Sam Brownback (Republican-Kansas) opening remarks
- Paul Wolfowitz, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
- Gary Milhollin, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
North Korea Proliferation
21 October 1997 - Senate Governmental Affairs
International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee
- Colonel Joo-hwal Choi, former official of the Ministry of the People's Army, North Korea
- Young-hwan Ko, former official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, North Korea
- Robert Einhorn, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
Comprehensive Review of U.S. Sanctions Policy
October 23, 1997 House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee
- Stuart Eizenstat Under Secretary of State
Safety and Reliability of the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent
27 October 1997 - Senate Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services
- James R. Schlesinger, Former Secretary of Energy
- Victor H. Reis Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs
- C. Bruce Tarter, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Robert B. Barker, Assistant to the Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
Safety and Reliability of the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
October 29, 1997 Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee
- Federico Peña Secretary of Energy
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
Federal response to domestic terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction
status of Department of Defense support program
04 November 1997 - House Military Research and Development Subcommittee
- Opening Statement of Curt Weldon
- Ike Skelton, Member of Congress
- Robert M. Blitzer, Section Chief, Domestic Terrorism Planning Section, FBI
- Catherine H. Light, Director, Terrorism Coordination Unit, FEMA
- James Q. Roberts, Principal Director, Deputy Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict)
- Lisa E. Gordon-Haggerty, Director, Office of Emergency Response, DOE
- Raymond Dominquez, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Forces and Resources), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict)
- Mitchel B. Wallerstein Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counterproliferation Policy
- Major General Edward Soriano, Director of Military Assistance, Headquarters, Dept. of Army
- Major General George E. Friel, Commander, US Army Chemical-Biological Defense Command
Ballistic missile threat posed by Iran
H.R. 2786 -- The Iran Missile Protection Act of 1997 (IMPACT 1997)
05 November 1997 - House Military Research and Development Subcommittee
- Statement of Curt Weldon
- H.R. 2786 -- Iran Missile Protection Act
- Lt. Gen. Lester L. Lyles, USAF, Director, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, DOD
U.S. supercomputer export control policy
13 November 1997 House National Security Committee
- Opening Statement of Floyd Spence
- Mitchel Wallerstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterproliferation Policy, Department of Defense
- William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary for Export Administration, Department of Commerce
- Gary Milhollin, Executive Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
- Stephen Bryen, Former Director, Defense Technology Security Administration, Department of Defense
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