Hearing Schedule for February 13-17

Feb 8, 2012
Defense Drumbeat

1. Full Committee

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 –10:00am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The committee will meet to receive testimony on the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense.

Witnesses:

The Honorable Leon E. Panetta
Secretary of Defense

General Martin Dempsey, USA
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

2. Full Committee

Thursday, February 16, 2012 –1:00pm –2118 Rayburn – Open

The committee will meet to receive testimony on the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Navy.

Witnesses:

The Honorable Ray Mabus
Secretary of the Navy

Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, USN
Chief of Naval Operations
U. S. Navy

General James F. Amos, USMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps
U. S. Marine Corps


3.Full Committee

Friday, February 17, 2012 –10:00am –2118 Rayburn – Open

The committee will meet to receive testimony on the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Army.

Witnesses:

The Honorable John McHugh
Secretary of the Army

General Raymond T. Odierno, USA
Chief of Staff
U. S. Army


4. Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

Thursday, February 16, 2012 –11:00am –2212 Rayburn – Open

The subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on governance, oversight, and management of the nuclear security enterprise to ensure high quality science, engineering, and mission effectiveness in an age of austerity. 

Witnesses:

Panel 1:

Dr. Charles Shank
Senior Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Mr. Charles B. Curtis 
Member, National Academies Panel on Managing for High Quality Science and Engineering at the NNSA National Security Laboratories

Mr. Eugene Aloise
Director, Natural Resources and Environment
Government Accountability Office

Panel 2:

Dr. Michael R. Anastasio
Director Emeritus, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Director Emeritus, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 

Dr. George H. Miller
Director Emeritus, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Ambassador C. Paul Robinson
Director Emeritus, Sandia National Laboratories

 

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112th Congress