2007 Congressional Hearings on WMD

July

Safeguarding The Atom: Nuclear Energy And Nonproliferation Challenges
July 31, 2007 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

• Senator Lugar's Opening Statement
• Senator Biden's Opening Statement


Witnesses:
Panel 1
• Evan Bayh, United States Senate, Washington, DC


Panel 2
• Dr. Andrew Semmel, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear, Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations Department of State, Washington, DC


Panel 3
• Henry Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Washington, DC
• Dr. Fred McGoldrick, Former Director of Nonproliferation and Export Policy, Department of State, Bengelsdorf, McGoldrick and Associates, LLC, Washington, DC
• Dr. Lawrence Scheinman, Distinguished Professor, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Affairs, Washington, DC

The Strategic Forces Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on U.S. nuclear weapons policy.
July 18, 2007 - The Strategic Forces Subcommittee

• Subcommittee Chairwoman Tauscher's Opening Statement


Witnesses:
• Dr. William Perry, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Center for International Security Cooperation, Stanford University
• Dr. Sid Drell, Professor Emeritus, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University
• Dr. Keith Payne, Chair, Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Missouri State University

June

A.Q. Khan's Nuclear Wal-Mart: Out of Business or Under New Management?
June 28, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade

• Subcommittee Chairman Gary L. Ackerman's Opening Statement
• Brad Sherman
• Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation, International Institute for Strategic Studies
• David Albright, President, Institute for Science and International Security
• Lisa Curtis, Senior Research Fellow, Asia Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation

May

Department of Energy atomic energy defense programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2008
May 2, 2007 - Senate Committee on Armed Services

• James A. Rispoli, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management
• Mr. Glenn S. Podonsky, Chief Health, Safety and Security Officer Department of Energy

April

Nuclear nonproliferation programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and the Proliferation Security Initiative at the Department of Defense in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense Program
April 11, 2007 - Senate Committee on Armed Services - Emerging Threats and Capabilities

Panel I
• Sam Nunn, Former United States Senator, Georgia
• Richard G. Lugar, United States Senator, Indiana


Panel II
• William H. Tobey, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation National Nuclear Security Administration
• Mr. Joseph A. Benkert, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Global Security Affairs Department of Defense

March

Iran: An Update
March 29, 2007 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

• Senator Biden's Opening Statement
• Senator Lugar's Opening Statement
• R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Department of State, Washington, D.C.

Strategic forces programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense Program
March 28, 2007 - Senate Committee on Armed Services - Strategic Forces

Panel I
• General James E. Cartwright, USMC Commander United States Strategic Command


Panel II
• Lieutenant General Carrol H. Chandler, USAF Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Plans and Requirements Headquarters, United States Air Force [submitted in lieu of Lietentant General Chandler's]
• Rear Admiral Stephen E. Johnson, USN Director, Strategic Systems Programs Naval Systems Command
• Thomas P. D'Agostino Acting Administrator National Nuclear Security Administration Department of Energy
• Mr. Brian R. Green Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategic Capabilities Department of Defense

Nuclear and strategic policy options
March 21, 2007 - Senate Committee on Armed Forces

• Dr. Robert L. Gallucci, Dean Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown University
• Dr. Sidney B. Drell Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution Professor Emeritus, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,Stanford University
• Dr. Keith B. Payne, Professor and Department Head Graduate Department of Defense and Strategic Studies Missouri State University

Department of Defense counterproliferation, counterterrorism, and science and technology priorities
March 21, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee, Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee

• Subcommittee Chairman Smith's opening statement


Panel I
• John Young, Director, Defense Research and Engineering
• Dr. James Tegnelia, Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
• Dr. Anthony J. Tether, Director, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency


Panel II
• John Young, Director, Defense Research and Engineering
• Dr. Thomas H. Killion, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology
• Rear Admiral William Landay III, USN, Chief of Naval Research
• Mr. Terry Jaggers, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science, Technology and Engineering Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition

Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Department of Energy's atomic energy defense activities
March 20, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee, Strategic Forces Subcommittee

• Subcommittee Chairman Tauscher's opening statement
• Mr. Thomas D'Agostino, Acting Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration
• James Rispoli, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy
• Mr. Glenn Podonsky, Director, Office of Health, Safety and Security, U.S. Department of Energy

Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Latest Developments and Next Steps
March 15, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia

• Subcommittee Chairman Brad Sherman's Statement
• Subcommittee Chairman Gary L. Ackerman
• David Albright, President, Institute for Science and International Security
• Matthew Levitt, Ph.D., Director, Stein Program on Terrorism, Intelligence, and Policy, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Daniel Byman, Ph.D., Director, Security Studies Program, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
• Ilan Berman, Vice President for Policy, American Foreign Policy Council
• Transcript

Posture of the U.S. Strategic Command
March 8, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee, Strategic Forces Subcommittee

• Subcommittee Chairman Ellen Tauscher's statement
• General James E. Cartwright, USMC, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command

Nuclear power systems for future Naval surface combatants
March 1, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee, Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee

• Subcommittee Chairman Taylor's statement
• Delores Etter, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, (Research, Development, and Acquisition)
• Admiral Kirkland Donald, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Programs
• Vice Admiral Jonathon Greenert, USN, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Resource Requirements
• Vice Admiral Paul Sullivan, USN, Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command
• Rear Admiral Barry McCullough, USN, Director, Surface Warfare Division

February

North Korea: The February 13th Agreement
February 28, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations

• Committee Chairman Tom Lantos's Opening Statement
• Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• Transcript

January

Department of Energy's implementation of the National Nuclear Security Administration Act of 2000
January 31, 2007 - House Armed Services Committe, Strategic Forces Subcommittee

• Chairman Tauscher's opening statement
• Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy
• Mr. Gene Aloise,Director of the Natural Resources and Environment Division, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Mr. James Noel, Assistant Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office