House Armed Services Committee: schedule for the week of March 9 – 13, 2009

House Armed Services Committee: schedule for the week of March 9 – 13, 2009:
Ike Skelton, Chairman
For planning purposes: March 4, 2009

The House Armed Services Committee announces the following schedule for the week of March 9 – 13, 2009:


Tuesday, March 10, 2009 – 10:00 am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on a Littoral Combat Ship program update.

Witnesses:

Rear Admiral Victor G. Guillory
Director, Surface Warfare Division, N86
U.S. Navy

Rear Admiral William E. Landay, USN
Program Executive Officer, Ships
U.S. Navy

Ms. E. Anne Sandel
Program Executive Officer, Littoral and Mine Warfare
U.S. Navy


Tuesday, March 10, 2009 – 3:00 pm –2212 Rayburn – Open

The Strategic Forces Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on space and U.S. security.

Witnesses:

Mr. Bruce W. MacDonald
Author of recent Council on Foreign Relations study on China, space weapons, and U.S. security

Mr. Michael Krepon
Co-founder
The Henry L. Stimson Center

Major General James Armor, USAF (Ret.)
Owner and CEO
The Armor Group, LLC


Wednesday, March 11, 2009 – 10:00 am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The full committee will meet to receive testimony on security challenges arising from the global financial crisis.

Witnesses:

Dr. Richard Haass
President
Council on Foreign Relations

Dr. Richard Cooper
Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics
Harvard University

Dr. Dov Zakheim
Former Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

Mr. David Rothkopf
Visiting Scholar
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace


Wednesday, March 11, 2009 –3:30 pm – 2118 Rayburn – Open, will close

The Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Tracking and Disrupting Terrorist Financial Networks: A Potential Model for Inter-agency Success?

Witnesses:

TBA


Thursday, March 12, 2009 – 10:00 am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The full committee will meet to receive testimony on The Department of Defense at High Risk: Recommendations of the Comptroller General for Improving Departmental Management.

Witnesses:

Mr. Gene Dodaro
Acting Comptroller General of the United States

TBA


Thursday, March 12, 2009 –1:00 pm – 2212 Rayburn – Open

The Military Personnel Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on military resale and morale, welfare and recreation overview.

Witnesses:

Mr. Arthur Myers
Principal Director, Military Community and Family Policy
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)

Rear Admiral Robert J. Bianchi, USN
Commander, Navy Exchange Service Command

Major General Keith L. Thurgood, USAR
Commander
Army and Air Force Exchange Service

Mr. Timothy R. Larsen
Director, Personal and Family Readiness Division
Manpower and Reserve Affairs Department
Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps

Mr. Philip E. Sakowitz, Jr.
Director and Chief Executive Officer
Defense Commissary Agency

Mr. Richard Gorman
Chief Operating Officer
U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command

Mr. John B. Baker
Director, Fleet and Family Readiness
Commander, Navy Installations Command

Mr. Charles E. Milam
Director of Air Force Services
Headquarters U.S. Air Force

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