Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations Hearing: “Reviewing Department of Defense Strategy, Policy, and Programs for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction for Fiscal Year 2022”
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
(11:00am ET – Virtual via WebEx – Open)
 
Purpose: The Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on the Department’s FY22 President’s Budget Request for the Department’s CWMD strategies, policies, priorities, programs, and state of readiness. Additionally, the hearing will provide members an opportunity to examine the roles, responsibilities, and authorities of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs; the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security; the U.S. Special Operations Command; and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.   
 
Witnesses: 
 
The Honorable Jennifer Walsh
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security
Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
 
Dr. Brandi C. Vann, PhD 
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs
 
Vice Admiral Timothy G. Szymanski
Deputy Commander
U.S. Special Operations Command 
 
Dr. Rhys M. Williams
Acting Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency