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This Week's Schedule
· Week of September 8 - 12, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 – 10:00 am – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The full committee will meet to hear testimony on Considerations for an American Grand Strategy.
Witnesses:
The Honorable Madeleine Albright
Former Secretary of State
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 – 1:00 pm – 2212 Rayburn – Open
The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on Defeating the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and Other Asymmetric Threats: Today’s Efforts and Tomorrow’s Requirements.
Witnesses:
Lieutenant General Thomas F. Metz, USA
Director
Joint Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Defeat Organization
Mr. William Beasley
Director, Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology & Logistics)
Mr. Tom Matthews
Director, Warfighter Requirements and Evaluations
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Intelligence)
Major General Jason K. Kamiya, USA
Director, Joint Training Directorate (J7)
U.S. Joint Forces Command
Mr. Bradley Berkson
Director, Programs, Analysis and Evaluation
Office of the Secretary of Defense
Thursday, September 18, 2008 – 10:00 am – 2118 Rayburn – Open
The Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will meet to hear testimony on Lessons for Countering al Qa’ida and the Way Ahead.
Witnesses:
Dr. Seth Jones
Political Scientist
RAND Corporation
Author of How Terrorist Groups End and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Dr. Michael Scheuer
Senior Fellow
Jamestown Foundation
Author of Through Our Enemies Eyes, Imperial Hubris and Marching Toward Hell
Dr. John Arquilla
Professor, Department of Defense Analysis
Naval Postgraduate School
Author of Worst Enemy: The Reluctant Transformation of the American Military
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