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The following is a chronological list of committee hearings held in 2002.  Viewing PDF files requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher.  

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Hearing transcripts and questions and answers for the record are also available below when they become available. Note: Electronic transcripts are not complete transcripts for the record, as they may not contain questions and answers for the record and other printed material submitted to the committee. For a listing of all transcripts, go here.

Testimony and Transcripts: 2004 |2003 |2002 |2001 |2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997

2002| Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Sept | Oct | Nov | Markup of FY03 National Defense Authorization Act

November 14

Procurement Subcommittee hearing on the fourth report of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (the Gilmore Commission). Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Honorable James Gilmore, Former Governor, State of Virginia; Chairman, Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (html)
  Fourth Annual Interim Report (pdf)

October 10 

Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism hearing on the Security of U.S. Embassies Abroad and the Role of the Department of Defense. Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Mr. Ray Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Countermeasures and Information Security, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Department of State (html)
• Brigadier General Douglas O'Dell, USMCR, Commanding General, 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (Anti-Terrorism), United States Marine Corps (html)

October 8 

Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine hearing on the Department of Defense's current and projected requirements for vessels operating under the Maritime Security Program. Hearing Transcript (html)

• General John W. Handy, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, United States Transportation Command (html)

October 2 

Full Committee hearing on U.S. policy towards Iraq. Opening Statement by Chairman Weldon (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Dr. Eliot A. Cohen, Professor and Director of Strategic Studies, The School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University (html)
• Dr. Michael E. O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution (html)

September 26 

Full Committee hearing on U.S. policy towards Iraq. Opening Statement by Chairman Hunter (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable Richard N. Perle, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (html)
• Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA (Ret.), Managing Director, Merchant Banking, Stephens Group, Inc. (html)

September 19 

Full Committee hearing on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Program and Technology Exports. 
Opening Statement by Chairman Hunter (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Mr. Gary Milhollin, Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control (html)
• Dr. Khidir Hamza, Former Iraqi Nuclear Engineer, Director, Council on Middle Eastern Affairs (html)

September 18 

Full Committee hearing on U.S. policy towards Iraq. Opening Statement by Chairman Hunter (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense (html)
• Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (html)

September 10

Full Committee hearing on the state of the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction program and the history of the United Nations inspection efforts in Iraq. Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Dr. David A. Kay, Former United Nations Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector in Iraq, UN Special Commission on Iraq and International Atomic Energy Association (html)
• Dr. Richard O. Spertzel, Former Head of Biology Section, UN Special Commission on Iraq (html)

September 5 

Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism hearing on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence report "Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Capabilities and Performance of the CIA, FBI, and NSA Prior to 9/11." Opening Statement of Chairman Saxton (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Rep. Saxby Chambliss, Chairman, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, HPSCI (html)
• Rep. Jane Harman, Ranking Minority Member, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, HPSCI (html)

July 23 

Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine hearing on shipbuilding in the United States and the Maritime Security Program. Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Mr. Richard H. Vortmann, President, National Steel and Shipbuilding, Chairman, American Shipbuilding Association (html)
• Mr. Herschel Vinyard, Vice President, Atlantic Marine Holding Company (html)
• Mr. Ronald J. McAlear, President, Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (html)

July 18 

Full Committee mark up of the following two bills: 

1) H.R. 4547 - The Cost of War Against Terrorism Authorization Act of 2002 

• Opening Statement of Chairman Stump (pdf) (html)
• Statement of Chairman Stump on Manager's Amendment (pdf) (html)

2) H.R. 5132 - To express the sense of Congress concerning the fiscal year 2003 end strengths needed for the Armed Forces to fight the War on Terrorism 

July 16

Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine hearing on U.S. ownership and control of vessels operating in the Maritime Security program. Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Mr. Ron Davis, President, Marine Engineers Beneficial Association.
• Captain Mike Rodriguez, International Organization of Masters, Mates, & Pilots
• Mr. Michael Sacco, President, Seafarers International Union
• Mr. Michael R. McKay, National President, American Maritime Officers
  Joint Testimony of Davis, Rodriguez, Sacco, McKay (html)
• Mr. John P. Clancy, Chairman of the Board, Maersk Sealand (html)
• Mr. Roy Bowman, esq., Vice President, American President Lines (html)
• Mr. Eric Johnsen, President, International Shipholding Corporation (html)
• Mr. Jordan Truchan, Chairman and CEO, American Ship Management (html)
• Mr. Jay Keegan, President, U.S. Ship Management (html)
• Mr. Robert Alario, President, Offshore Marine Service Association (html)

July 11 

Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism hearing on Army and Air Force initiatives to improve anti- and counter-terrorism operations. Opening Statement of Chairman Saxton (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Lt. Gen. David D. McKiernan, Director of Army Operations, United States Army (html)
• Maj. Gen. Randall Schmidt, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, United States Air Force (html)

July 10 

Full Committee mark up of the following legislation:

H.R. 5005 - To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. Opening Statement of Chairman Stump (pdf) (html); (Bill Information)

June 28

Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism hearing on Navy and Marine Corps initiatives to improve anti- and counter-terrorism operations. Opening Statement of Chairman Saxton (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Rear Adm. Joseph J. Krol, Jr., Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy & Operations, Department of the Navy (html)
• Lt. Gen. Emil R. Bedard, Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies & Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (html)

June 27

Military Procurement Subcommittee and the Military Research & Development Subcommittee hearing on missile defense. Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense (html)
• Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency (html)
• Mr. Thomas P. Christie, Director of Operational Test & Evaluation, Department of Defense (html)

June 26 

Full Committee hearing on the President's proposal to create a new Department of Homeland Security and its impact on the Department of Defense and defense-related aspects of the Department of Energy. Opening Statement of Chairman Stump (pdf) (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Dr. Stephen A. Cambone, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), Department of Defense (html)
• Gen. John Gordon, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy (html)

Military Readiness Subcommittee hearing on Outsourcing: Review of the Commercial Activities Panel Report. Opening Statement of Chairman Hefley (html)

• Honorable M. David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States and Chairman, Commercial Activities Panel, U.S. General Accounting Office (html)
• Honorable Angela B. Styles, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget (html)
• Honorable Michael Wynne, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics), Department of Defense (html)
• Mr. Bobby L. Harnage, Sr., National President, American Federation of Government Employees (html) 
• Mr. Marc K. Filteau, President, Johnson Controls World Services, Inc. (html)
• Mr. Robert M. Tobias, Distinguished Adjunct Professor, American University (html)

June 13

Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine hearing on vessel operations under "flags of convenience" and their implications on national security. Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable Frank R. Wolf, Member of Congress (html)

• Rear Adm. Paul J. Pluta, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation (html)

• Capt. William G. Schubert, Maritime Administrator, United States Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation (html)

• Mr. David Heindel, Secretary-Treasurer, Seafarers International Union of North America (html)

• Mr. Peter Morris, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch (html)

• Mr. Alex Vines, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch (html)

• Mr. Yoram Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (html)

June 12

Military Procurement Subcommittee hearing on the Safety, Security, Reliability, and Performance of the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile. Opening Statement of Chairman Weldon (html)

• Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF (Ret.), Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration (html)

• RADM John T. Byrd, USN, Director, Plans and Policy, STRATCOM (html)

• Dr. Michael R. Anastasio, Dep. Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (html)

• Dr. John C. Browne, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory (html)

• Dr. C. Paul Robinson, Director, Sandia National Laboratory (html)

• Dr. Fredrick A. Tarantino, General Manager, Nevada Test Site (html)

• Mr. Dennis R. Ruddy, General Manager, Pantex Plant (html)

• Mr. John T. Mitchell, General Manager, Y-12 (html)

• Mr. David S. Douglass, General Manager, Kansas City Plant (html)

• Mr. Robert E. Pedde, General Manager, Savannah River Site (html)

June 6

Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism hearing on the question: "Are Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority Credible Partners for Peace?" Hearing Transcript (html)

• Mr. James Phillips, Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation (html)

• Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, Director, Center for the Study of Corruption and the Rule of Law (CSC) (html)

• Ambassador Martin S. Indyk, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution (html)

May 23 

Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism hearing on assessing support for terrorism in the Middle East.
Opening Statement of Chairman Saxton (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Mr. Frank Gaffney, President and CEO, The Center for Security Policy (html)

• Amb. Richard Murphy, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for the Middle East, Council on Foreign Relations (html)

• Ms. Daniella Pletka, Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy, American Enterprise Institute (html)

May 1 

Full Committee mark up of the following legislation:

H.R. 4546  To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes. (Bill Information)

Opening Statement of Full Committee Chairman Stump (pdf) (html)

Opening Statement of Military Installations and Facilities Subcommittee Chairman Saxton (html)

Opening Statement of MWR Panel Chairman Bartlett (html)

Opening Statement of Merchant Marine Panel Chairman Hunter (html)

Opening Statement of Department of Energy Panel Chairman Thornberry (html)

Opening Statement of Military Personnel Subcommittee Chairman McHugh (html)

Opening Statement of Military Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Hefley (html)

Opening Statement of Military Procurement Subcommittee Chairman Weldon (html)

Opening Statement of Chairman Stump on H.R. 4547: The Cost of the War Against Terrorism Authorization Act (pdf) (html)

April 30

Military Research & Development Subcommittee mark up of the following legislation: Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter (html)

H.R. 4546 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

Military Procurement Subcommittee mark up of the following legislation: Opening Statement of Chairman Weldon (html)

H.R. 4546 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

April 25

Military Personnel Subcommittee mark up of the following legislation: Opening Statement of Chairman McHugh (html)

H.R. 4546 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

Military Readiness Subcommittee mark up of the following legislation: Opening Statement of Chairman Hefley (html)

H.R. 4546 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

Military Installations & Facilities Subcommittee mark up of the following legislation: Opening Statement of Chairman Saxton (html)

H.R. 4546 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

April 24 

Special Oversight Panel the Merchant Marine consideration of recommendations to the following legislation:

H.R. 4546 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare & Recreation consideration of recommendations to the following legislation: Opening Statement of Chairman Bartlett (html)

H.R. 4546 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.

April 11 

Military Procurement Subcommittee and Military Research & Development Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman Weldon (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Lt. Gen. John M. Riggs, USA, Director, Objective Force-Task Force (html)

• Lt. Gen. Edward Hanlon, Jr., USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command (html)

April 10 

Military Personnel Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2003 Defense Health Program budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman McHugh (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Hon. William L. Winkenwerder, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs), Department of Defense (Joint Statement: Winkenwerder and Carrato)

• Mr. Thomas Carrato, USPHS, Executive Director, The TRICARE Management Activity 

• Lt. Gen. James B. Peake, Surgeon General, Department of the Army (html)

• Vice Adm. Michael L. Cowan, Surgeon General, Department of the Navy (html)

• Lt. Gen. Paul K. Carlton, Jr., Surgeon General, Department of the Air Force (html)

• Mr. David J. Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, Humana Military Healthcare Services (html)

• Mr. David J. McIntyre, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, TriWest Healthcare Alliance (html)

• Mr. David R. Nelson, President, Sierra Military Health Services, Inc. (html)

• Mr. James E. Woys, President and Chief Operating Officer, Health Net Federal Services (html)

• Mr. Benjamin H. Butler, Deputy Director of Legislation, National Association for Uniformed Services, The National Military Veterans Alliance (html)

• Ms. Sue Schwartz, Deputy Director, Government Relations for Health Affairs, Retired Officers Association, The Military Coalition (html)

• Mr. Alan Storeygard, Jacksonville Medical Clinic, TRICARE Provider Representative (html)

• Mr. William White, CEO, Pratt Medical Center, TRICARE Provider Representative (html)

Military Installations & Facilities Subcommittee hearing on force protection and long-term recapitalization at all U.S. military installations and facilities. Opening Statement of Chairman Saxton (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable Raymond F. Dubois, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment) (html)

• Maj. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., Assistant Chief of Staff (Installations Management), Department of the Army (html)

• Rear Adm. Christopher Cole, Director, Ashore Readiness Division (N46), Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), Department of the Navy (html)

• Maj. Gen. Earnest O. Robbins II, The Air Force Civil Engineer, Department of the Air Force (html)

• Brig. Gen. (Sel.) Ronald S. Coleman, Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations & Logistics (Facilities), Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (html)

March 21 

Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy Reorganization hearing on the findings and recommendations of the report of the Panel to Assess the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States Nuclear Stockpile. Opening Statement of Chairman Thornberry (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Dr. John S. Foster, Chairman, Panel to Assess the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States Nuclear Stockpile (html)

March 20 

Military Installations & Facilities Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman Saxton (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable H.T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations & Environment), Department of the Navy

• Rear Adm. David Pruett, Chief of Naval Operations, Civil Engineering Readiness Division, Department of the Navy

• Brig. Gen. (Sel.) Ronald S. Coleman, Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations & Logistics (Facilities), Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps

• Rear Adm. Noel G. Preston, Deputy Director, Naval Reserve
  Joint Statement from Johnson, Pruett, Coleman, and Preston (html)

• Honorable Nelson F. Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Logistics), Department of the Air Force

• Maj. Gen. Earnest O. Robbins II, The Civil Engineer, Department of the Air Force

• Brig. Gen. David A. Brubaker, Deputy Director, Air National Guard

• Brig. Gen. Robert E. Duignan, Deputy to the Chief, Air Force Reserve
  Joint Statement from Gibbs, Robbins, Brubaker, and Duignan (html)

Military Procurement Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman Weldon (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable John J. Young, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development & Acquisition), Department of the Navy

• Vice Adm. Dennis V. McGinn, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Resources, Warfare Requirements & Assessments), Department of the Navy

• Ms. Cynthia L. Brown, President, American Shipbuilding Association (html)

• Mr. Ron O'Rourke, Specialist in National Defense; Foreign Affairs, Defense, & Trade Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress (html)
  Joint Statement from Young and McGinn (html)

Full Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request.
Hearing Transcript (html)

• Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command (html)

• Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command (html)

March 19 

Military Procurement Subcommittee hearing on the U.S. defense industrial base. Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable Suzanne D. Patrick, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Industrial Policy), Department of Defense (html)

• Mr. John W. Douglass, President, Aerospace Industries Association (html)

• Lt. Gen. Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr., USAF (Ret.), President, National Defense Industrial Association (html)

• Mr. David McCurdy, President, Electronic Industries Alliance (html)

March 14 

Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine hearing on the fiscal year 2003 Maritime Administration Authorization budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Capt. William G. Schubert, Maritime Administrator, U.S. Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation (html)

Full Committee hearing on fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman Stump (pdf) (html)

• Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Space Command (html)

• Gen. William F. Kernan, USA, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Joint Forces Command (html)

Military Readiness Subcommittee hearing on environmental and encroachment issues.
Opening Statement of Chairman Hefley (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Honorable Raymond F. DuBois, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment), Department of Defense (html)

• Honorable Paul W. Mayberry, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Readiness), Department of Defense (html)

• Honorable Mario Fiori, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations & Environment),  Department of the Army (html)

• Honorable Hansford T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations & Environment), Department of the Navy (html)

• Honorable Nelson Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Logistics), Department of the Air Force (html)

• Mr. Steven Shimberg, Deputy Associate Administrator for Enforcement & Compliance Assurance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (html)

• Mr. Craig Manson, Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Department of the Interior (html)

• Mr. William Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (html)

March 13 

Military Personnel Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman McHugh (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable David S. Chu, Under Secretary of Defense, (Personnel & Readiness) (html)

• Lt. Gen. John M. Le Moyne, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Department of the Army (html)

• Vice Adm. Norbert R. Ryan, Jr., Chief of Naval Personnel, Department of the Navy (html)

• Lt. Gen. Richard E. (Tex) Brown, III, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Department of the Air Force (html)

• Lt. Gen. Garry L. Parks, Deputy Commandant for Manpower & Reserve Affairs, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (html)

• Mr. Craig W. Duehring, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs) (html)

• Lt. Gen. Russell C. Davis, USAF, Chief, National Guard Bureau (html)

• Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Plewes, Chief, U.S. Army Reserve (html)

• Vice Adm. John B. Totushek, Director, U.S. Naval Reserve (html)

• Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard, III, Chief, U.S. Air Force Reserve (html)

• Lt. Gen. Dennis M. McCarthy, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve (html)

• Lt. Gen. Roger C. Schultz, Director, Army National Guard (html)

• Brig. Gen. David A. Brubaker, Deputy Director, Air National Guard (html)

• Mr. Dennis M. Duggan, Deputy Director, National Security - Foreign Relations Division, The American Legion (html)

• Mr. Bob Manhan, Assistant Legislative Service, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (html)

• Mr. Jayson L. Spiegel, Executive Director, Reserve Officers Association (html)

• Mr. Richard C. Alexander, Executive Director, National Guard Association of the United States  (html)

• Mr. Michael P. Cline, Executive Director, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States  (html)

• Mr. Joseph Barnes, Director, Legislative Programs, Fleet Reserve Association  (html)

• Ms. Joyce W. Raezer, Director, Government Relation, National Military Family Association (html)

• Mr. Michael Jordan, Deputy Director, Government Relations, The Retired Officers Association (html)

Military Readiness Subcommittee hearing on competitive sourcing/ outsourcing/A-76 and strategic sourcing. Opening Statement of Chairman Hefley (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Honorable Angela B. Styles, Administrator, Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management & Budget (html)

• Honorable Michael M. Wynne, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics), Department of Defense (html)

• Honorable Mario P. Fiori, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environment), Department of the Army (html)

• Honorable H. T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations & Environment), Department of the Navy (html)

• Honorable Michael Dominguez, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs), Department of the Air Force (html)

Full Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2003 Department of Energy budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman Stump (pdf) (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy (html)

March 12 

Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare & Recreation hearing on the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman Bartlett (html)

• Mr. Joseph L. Barnes, Director of Legislative Programs, Fleet Reserve Association (html)

• Col. Frank G. Rohrbough, USAF (Ret.), Deputy Director, Government Relations, The Retired Officers Association

• Ms. Joyce Raezer, Associate Director of Government Relations, National Military Family Association
  Joint Statement from Barnes, Rohrbough, and Raezer (html)

• Honorable Charles S. Abell, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management Policy), Department of Defense (html)

• Lt. Gen. Charles S. Mahan, Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff (Logistics), Department of the Army (html)

• Lt. Gen. Michael E. Zettler, Deputy Chief of Staff (Installations & Logistics), Department of the Air Force (html)

• Lt. Gen. Garry L. Parks, Deputy Commandant (Manpower & Reserve Affairs), Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (html)

• Rear Adm. Christopher W. Cole, Director, Ashore Readiness Division, Department of the Navy (html)

• Maj. Gen. Robert J. Courter, USAF, Director, Defense Commissary Agency (html)

• Rear Adm. Steve W. Maas, USN, Commander, Navy Exchange Service Command (html)

• Maj. Gen. Charles J. Wax, USAF, Commander, Army & Air Force Exchange Service (html)

• Brig. Gen. Michael Downs, USMC (Ret.), Director, Personnel & Family Readiness Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (html)

• Mr. John Molino,  Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Community & Family Policy), Department of Defense (html)

• Brig. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, Commanding General,  U.S. Army Community & Family Support Center, Department of the Army (html)

• Rear Adm. Annette E. Brown, Assistant Commander, Navy Personnel Command, Department of the Navy (html)

• Mr. Arthur Myers, Director, Air Force Services, Department of the Air Force (html)

• Brig. Gen. Michael Downs, USMC (Ret.), Director, Personnel & Family Readiness Division (html)

Military Research & Development Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Mr. Anthony Mulligan, President, Advanced Ceramics Research (html)

• Ms. Vera Moldt, VP Corporate Development, Ambient Control System (html)

• Mr. Richard B. Hollis, President and CEO, Hollis Eden Pharmaceuticals (html)

• Dr. Tsahi Gozani, President and CEO, Ancore (html)

• Mr. Lawrence F. Clark, Chairman of the Board, Sonalysts (html)

• Mr. Peter Mottur, President, LiveWave (html)

• Mr. Carl W. Rausch, Chairman and CEO, BioPure (html)

• Dr. David Fine, CEO, Cyterra Corporation (html)

March 8

Military Readiness Subcommittee hearing on military training capabilities/ shortfalls. Opening Statement of Chairman Hefley (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Gen. John N. Abrams, Commander, Army Training and Doctrine Command, Department of the Army (html)
• Vice Adm. Alfred Harms, Commander, Chief of Naval Education and Training, Pensacola, FL, Department of the Navy (html)
• Gen. Donald Cook, Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Air Force, Department of the Air Force (html)
• Lt. Gen. Edward Hanlon, Jr., Commander, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (html)
• Brig. Gen. J. D. Thurman, Commander, Army National Training Center, Department of the Army (html)
• Brig. Gen. Guy C. Swan, III, Commander, 7th Army Training Command, Grafenwohr, Germany, Department of the Army
• Brig. Gen. Jason K. Kamiya, Commander, Joint Readiness Training Center, Ft. Polk, LA, Department of the Army (html)
• Rear Adm. Richard J. Naughton, Commander, Navy Strike and Air Warfare Center, Fallon Naval Air Station, CA, Department of the Navy (html)
• Maj. Gen. L. D. Johnston, Commander Air Warfare Center, Nellis AFB, NV, Department of the Air Force (html)
• Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Weber, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Training Command, Twenty Nine Palms, CA, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (html)

Military Readiness Subcommittee hearing on information assurance issues. Opening Statement by Chairman Hefley (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Honorable (Dr.) Linton Wells, II, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, (Command, Control & Communications), Department of Defense (html)
• Lt. Gen. Peter M. Cuviello, Chief Information Officer, Department of the Army (html)
• Mr. Dan Porter, Chief Information Officer, Department of the Navy
• Mr. John M. Gilligan, Chief Information Officer, Department of the Air Force (html)
• Maj. Gen. Dale Meyerrose, Director, Command & Control, U.S. Space Command (html)
• Mr. Robert F. Mines, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Entercept Security Technologies (html)
• Ms. Mary Ann Davidson, Chief Security Officer, Oracle Corporation (html)

March 7 

Military Installations & Facilities Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman Saxton (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable Dov Zakheim, Under Secretary of Defense, (Comptroller) (html)
• Honorable Raymond F. DuBois, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, (Installations & Environment)
  (html)
• Honorable Mario P. Fiori, Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Installations & Environment)
• Maj. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., Assistant Chief of Staff, (Installation Management), Department of the Army
• Maj. Gen. James R. Helmly, Commander (TPU), 78th Division, Training Support, U.S. Army Reserve
• Brig. Gen. Michael J. Squier, Deputy Director, Army National Guard 
  Joint Statement from Fiori, Van Antwerp, Helmly, and Squier (html)

Military Readiness Subcommittee hearing on the adequacy of the fiscal year 2003 budget request to meet readiness needs. Opening Statement of Chairman Hefley (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Gen. John M. Keane, Vice Chief of Staff, Department of the Army (html)
• Adm. William J. Fallon, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy (html)
• Gen. Robert H. Foglesong, Vice Chief of Staff, Department of the Air Force (html)
• Gen. Michael J. Williams, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps (html)

Joint Hearing: Military Personnel Subcommittee, and Health Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing on health care sharing by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Opening Statement by Chairman McHugh (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable Christopher H. Smith, Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (html)
• Honorable Leo S. Mackay, Deputy Secretary of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Honorable David S. C. Chu, Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) (html)
• Honorable Nancy Dorn, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget (html)
• Dr. Gail Wilensky, Co-Chair, President's Task Force To Improve Health Care Delivery For Our Nation's Veterans (html)
• Mr. Robert Washington, Director, Membership Services, Fleet Reserve Association; Co-Chair, The Military Coalition Health Care Committee (html)
• Ms. Deirdre Parke Holleman, Deputy Legislative Director, The Retired Enlisted Association (html)
• Mr. Steve Robertson, Director, Legislative Affairs, The American Legion (html)
• Mr. Harley Thomas, Health Policy Analyst, Paralyzed Veterans of America (html)
• Ms. Joy Ilem, Assistant National Legislative Director, Disabled American Veterans (html)
• Mr. Dennis Cullinan, Director of Legislative Services, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (html)

March 6 

Full Committee mark up of the following legislation:
Opening Statement of Chairman Stump (pdf) (html)

• H.R. 2581 - Export Administration Act of 2001

Full Committee hearing on fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization Air Force budget request.
Opening Statement of Chairman Stump (pdf) (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable James G. Roche, Secretary of the Air Force
• Gen. John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff, Department of the Air Force
  Joint Testimony from Roche and Jumper (html)

Joint Hearing: Military Procurement and Military Research and Development Subcommittees hearing on the Department of Defense acquisition programs. Opening Statement of Chairman Weldon (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Honorable E. C. "Pete" Aldridge, Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics), Department of Defense (html)
• Honorable Claude M. Bolton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology), Department of the Army (html)
• Honorable John J. Young, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development & Acquisition), Department of the Navy (html)
• Honorable Dr. Marvin Sambur, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition), Department of the Air Force (html)

March 5 

Military Procurement Subcommittee hearing on crisis response capabilities to incidents of domestic terrorism. Opening Statement by Chairman Weldon (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Mr. Bruce Baughman, Director of Domestic Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency (html)
• Honorable James Gilmore, Former Governor, State of Virginia, Chairman; Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (html)
• Mr. Peter F. Verga, Special Assistant for Homeland Security, Department of Defense (html)
• Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, USARNG, Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau 
• Maj. Gen. John M. McBroom, USAF (Ret.), Director, Office of Emergency Operations, Department of Energy (html)
• Chief Charles Ramsey, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C. (html)
• Chief Ed Plaugher, Arlington County fire Department, International Association of Fire Chiefs (html)
• Chief William Jenaway, National Volunteer Fire Council, City of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (html)
• Mr. Peter Gorman, President, Uniformed Fire Officers Association of New York (IAFF Local 845), International Association of Fire Fighters (html)
• Mr. Paul Maniscalco, Former Chief Deputy Paramedic, New York City Chairman, NAEMT Terrorism Task Force, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (html)

February 28 

Full Committee hearing on fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman Stump (pdf) (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Honorable Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army
• Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, Chief of Staff, Department of the Army
  Joint Testimony from White and Shinseki (html)
  

Full Committee hearing on the Export Administration Act of 2001. Hearing Transcript (html)

• Hon. J.D. Crouch, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, DOD (html)
• Hon. James J. Jochum, Asst. Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, Department of Commerce (html)
• Hon. Vann Van Diepen, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, (Nonproliferation) (html)
• Mr. Joseph Christoff, Director, International Affairs and Trade Team, U.S. General Accounting Office (html)
• Mr. Edmund Rice, President, Coalition for Employment Through Exports (html)
• Mr. Gary Milhollin, Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control (html)

February 27 

Joint Hearing: Military Procurement Subcommittee and Military Research & Development Subcommittee hearing on the Missile Defense Agency and the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request. Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter (html)

• Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense (html)

Full Committee hearing on fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request.
Opening Statement of Chairman Stump (pdf) (html) Hearing Transcript (html)

• Gen. Tommy R. Franks, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command (html)
• Hon. Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

February 26 

Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy Reorganization hearing on the implementation by the National Nuclear Security Administration of the provisions contained in Title 32 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000.

• Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF (Ret.), Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy (html)
• Ms. Gary Jones, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. General Accounting Office (html)

February 21

Military Research and Development Subcommittee hearing on research and development in support of the war on terrorism. Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Honorable John Marburger, Director, Office of Science & Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President
• Honorable Ron Sega, Director, Defense Research and Engineering (html)
• Mr. Dan Eberle, San Diego County Office of Disaster Preparedness (html)
• Mr. Byron Wear, San Diego City Council District 2 (html)
• Mr. Brian Fennessy, San Diego Fire Department (html)
• Rear Adm. James Johnson, Naval Medical Center (html)
• Mr. Steven C. Wood, San Diego Metropolitan Medical Response Systems (html)
• Adele Fasano, San Diego District, Immigration & Naturalization Service (html)
• Mr. Paul Blocker, Border Patrol, San Diego Sector
• Mr. Jayson Ahern, Field Operations, Southern California Customs Management Center (html)
• Mr. Robert C. Dynes, Chancellor, University of California at San Diego (html)
• Mr. Sanford Erlich, San Diego State University (html)
• Mr. Omar Suarez, Grossmont-Guyamaca District, San Diego-Imperial Counties Community Colleges Association 
• Mr. Ramesh R. Rao, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology 
  (html)
• Mr. Stephen Rockwood, Science Applications International Corp. (html)
• Mr. Randy White, Nanogen (html)
• Dr. Lowell Burnett, Quantum Magnetics (html)
• Ms. Kathy Sridhar, INDUS Technologies, San Diego Chapter, National Defense Industrial Association (html)
• Mr. Tom Sheffer, San Diego Defense and Technology Consortium (html)
• Ms. Deanna Weeks, East County Economic Development Consortium (html)

February 20 

Military Research and Development Subcommittee hearing on Navy transformation - from the present to the future. Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Vice Adm. Dennis McGinn, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Naval Warfare) (html)
• Rear Adm. Jay Cohen, Chief of Naval Research (html)
• Rear Adm. Kenneth Slaght, Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (html)
• Rear Adm. Robert Sprig, Commander, Naval Warfare Development Command (html)
• Mr. Frank Pace, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (html)
• Mr. Paul Meyer, Northrop-Grumman, Unmanned Systems (html)
• Mr. Bob Whalen, International Systems, LLC (html)
• Mr. Gene Ray, The Titan Corporation (html)
• Mr. Greg Smith, Swath Ocean Systems, LLC (html)
• Dr. Daniel Alspach, Orincon (html)
• Mr. Bill Hall, Corrosion Engineering Services, Inc. (CES) (html)
• Mr. John Orcutt, Professor of Geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (html)
• Mr. David Roberts, General Atomics Advanced Technologies Group (html)
• Mr. Michael Johnson, Recon Optical, Inc. (html)

February 13 

Full Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2003 National Defense Authorization Budget Request.
Opening Statement of Chairman Stump (pdf) (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy (html)
• Adm. Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations (html)
• Gen. James L. Jones, Commandant of the Marine Corps (html)

February 6 

Full Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2003 National Defense Authorization Budget Request.
Opening Statement of Chairman Stump (pdf) (html) Hearing Transcript (html) 

• Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense (html)
• Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (html)
• Honorable Dov S. Zakheim, Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller)