See the HASC website on the day of the hearing for a link to the webcast.
Thursday, July 17, 2008 – 10:00 am – 2212 Rayburn – Open
The Strategic Forces Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on nuclear weapons complex modernization.
Witnesses:
Panel 1:
The Honorable Thomas P. D'Agostino
Administrator
National Nuclear Security Administration
Dr. Michael Anastasio
Laboratory Director
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Mr. Dennis Hayes
General Manager, Defense Programs
Washington Savannah River Company
Dr. Thomas O. Hunter
President and Laboratories Director
Sandia National Laboratories
Mr. Darrel P. Kohlhorst
President and General Manager
Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Y-12, LLC
Mr. J. Greg Meyer
President and General Manager
Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Pantex, LLC
Dr. George H. Miller
Laboratory Director
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
Mr. Vincent Trim
President
Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, LLC
Dr. Stephen M. Younger
President
National Security Technologies
Panel 2:
Mr. Gene Aloise
Director, Natural Resources and Environment
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Ms. Marylia Kelley
Executive Director
Tri-Valley CAREs
Dr. C. Paul Robinson
President Emeritus
Sandia National Laboratories
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An important hearing, as well as the recent hearings in the House:
(1) Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 2:00 pm - 2118 Rayburn - Open
The Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on the source selection and path forward regarding the Air Force KC-(X) Program.
- Subcommittee Chairman Abercrombie´s Opening Statement
- Audio Transcript Part 2
Video Webcast (Panel 2 only)
Witnesses:
Panel 1:
Mr. Daniel Gordon (pdf)
Deputy General Counsel
Government Accountability Office
Mr. Michael Golden
Managing Associate General Counsel
Procurment Law Division
Government Accoountability Office
Panel 2:
The Honorable John J. Young, Jr.
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
(2) Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 10:00 am - 2212 Rayburn - Open
The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on A New U.S. Grand Strategy.
- Subcommittee Chairman Snyder´s Opening Statement
- Video Webcast
- Audiocast
Witnesses:
Ambassador James Dobbins (pdf)
Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center
Rand Corporation
Dr. Barry R. Posen (pdf 1) (pdf 2)
Director, Security Studies Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Andrew J. Bacevich (pdf)
Professor of International Relations
Boston University
Dr. Mitchell B. Reiss (pdf)
Vice Provost for International Affairs
William and Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
(3) Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 10:00 am - 2118 Rayburn - Open
The full committee will meet to hear testimony on the threat posed by Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack.
- Chairman Skelton´s Opening Statement
- Video Webcast
- Audio Transcript
Witness:
Dr. William R. Graham (pdf)
Chair
Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack
(//armedservices.house.gov/hearing_information.shtml)
(A followed closed hearing, Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 2212 Rayburn, could address, or at least touch upon:
RRW, Underground testing, Directed Energy Weapons, Nuclear Weapons EMP effects, Missile Defense, Space Defense, Nuclear power and Energy security in general.)
(And fiinally; Dr. Williiam R. Graham, Chairman, Commission To Assess The Threat, To The, United States, From, Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack, Statement Before The, House Armed Services Committee, July 10, 2008, page 7:
Conclusion
The United States faces a long-term challenge to maintain technical competence for understanding and managing the effects of nuclear weapons, including EMP. The Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration have developed and implemented an extensive Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Stewardship Poram over the last decade. However, no comparable effort was initiated to understand the effects that nuclear weapons produce on modern systems. The Commission reviewed current national capabilities to understand and to manage the effects of EMP and concluded that the U.S. is rapidly losing the technical competence and facilities that it needs in the Government, the National Laboratories, and the Industrial Community.
An EMP attack on the critical national infrastructures is a serious problem, but one that can be managed in an orderly way at reasonable cost. A serious national commitment to address the threat of an EMP attack can lead to a national posture that would significantly reduce the payoff for such an attack and allow the United States to recover from EMP, and from other threats, man-made and natural, to the critical national infrastructures. A failure to do so will not only leave the critical infrastructures necessary for our society to function at risk but will also place our ability reliably to conduct military operations in jeopardy.
This concludes my prepared statement. Thank you again, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to present the Commision views and for your support of our efforts.
At this time, I would be happy to respond to any questions you have.)
(//armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/FC071008/Graham_Testimony071008.pdf)
I think they made a typo on the DOE roster when the used the word "Honorable" in front of Tom D'Agostino's name.
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