House Armed Services Committee: schedule for the week of April 20 – April 24, 2009

House Armed Services Committee: schedule for the week of April 20 – April 24, 2009
Ike Skelton, Chairman
For planning purposes: April 16, 2009

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 – 10:00am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The Readiness Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Air Sovereignty Alert Operations.

Witnesses:

Ms. Davi M. D'Agostino
Director
Homeland Defense and Emerging Threats and Warfare, Defense Capabilities and Management Team
U.S. Government Accountability Office

Ms. Christine E. Wormuth
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense

Lieutenant General Daniel J. Darnell, USAF
Deputy Chief of Staff for Air, Space and Information Operations,
Plans and Requirements
U.S. Air Force

Lieutenant General Harry M. Wyatt III, USAF
Director
U.S. Air National Guard


Thursday, April 23, 2009 – 8:00am –1310 Longworth – Open

The Defense Acquisition Reform Panel will meet to receive testimony on measuring value and risk in services contracts.

Witnesses:

Ms. Laura Baldwin
Director
Resource Management Program
RAND Project AIR FORCE

Mr. William M. Solis
Director
Defense Capabilities and Management Team
U.S. Government Accountability Office

Mr. John P. Hutton
Director
Acquisition and Sourcing Management Team
U.S. Government Accountability Office


Thursday, April 23, 2009 – 9:00am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Army aircraft programs.

Witnesses:

Brigadier General Walter Davis, USA
Director of Army Aviation
U.S. Army

Brigadier General William Crosby, USA
Program Executive Officer, Aviation
U.S. Army


Thursday, April 23, 2009 – 1:00pm –2118 Rayburn – Open

The full committee will meet to receive testimony on Effective Counterinsurgency: The Future of the U.S.-Pakistan Military Partnership.

Witnesses:

Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (ret.)
Director
Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies
National Defense University

Dr. David Kilcullen
Partner, Crumpton Group LLC
Senior Fellow, EastWest Institute
Member of the Advisory Board, Center for a New American Security

Mr. Shuja Nawaz
Director
South Asia Center
The Atlantic Council of the United States

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