WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following schedule of public events for the week of July 19 – 23. 
 
Full Committee Hearing: “Non-Governmental Views on the Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Defense Budget”
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
(10:00am ET – 2118 Rayburn & virtual via WebEx – Open)
 
Purpose: To receive testimony from non-governmental witnesses on the Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Defense budget.
 
Witnesses:
 
Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn
Senior Fellow and Director, Defense Program
Center for a New American Security 
 
Ms. Mandy Smithberger
Director of the Center for Defense Information
Project on Government Oversight
 
Mr. Roger Zakheim
Director
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute
 
 
Subcommittee on Military Personnel Hearing: “The Findings and Recommendations of the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military” 
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 
(2:00pm ET – 2118 Rayburn & virtual via WebEx – Open) 
     
Witnesses: 
 
Panel 1:
Dr. Kathleen H. Hicks 
Deputy Secretary of Defense 
Department of Defense 
 
Panel 2:
Ms. Lynn Rosenthal
Chair
Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military
 
Ms. Meghan Tokash
Member
Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military
 
Maj Gen James Johnson (ret.)
Member
Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military
 
Dr. Kyleanne Hunter
Member
Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military
 
 
Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations Hearing: “Review of the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for U.S. Special Operations Forces and Command”
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
(3:00pm ET – 2118 Rayburn & virtual via WebEx – Open)
 
Purpose: The subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on the Fiscal Year 2022 budget request for U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) as well as funding requested across the other major force programs in support of, or enabling, U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF). 
 
Witnesses: 
 
Mr. Joseph McMenamin 
PTDO Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict
Office of the Secretary of Defense
 
General Richard D. Clarke 
Commander
U.S. Special Operations Command 
 
 
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