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 September 21 – 25.
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Hearing: “Modernization of the Conventional Ammunition Production Industrial Base”
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
(1:00 PM ET – Rayburn 2118 & Cisco Webex – Open)
Purpose: The Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will meet in open (hybrid) session to receive testimony from the Army on modernizing conventional ammunition production across the industrial base.
Witnesses:
The Honorable Bruce Jette
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT))
Department of the Army
General Edward M. Daly, USA
Commanding General
Army Materiel Command
Full Committee Hearing: “The Role of Allies and Partners in U.S. Military Strategy and Operations”
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
(12:00 PM ET – CVC & Cisco Webex – Open)
Purpose: The committee will receive testimony from outside experts on the United States network of alliances and partnerships as they relate to defense, opportunities to enhance interoperability and collective defense, and recommendations for strengthening and evolving our security relationships.
Witnesses:
The Honorable Christine Wormuth
Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center
RAND Corporation
Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges (ret)
Center for European Policy Analysis, Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe (2014-2017)
Mr. Elbridge Colby
Principal and co-Founder
The Marathon Initiative
Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces Hearing: “Modernization of the Conventional Ammunition Production Industrial Base”
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
(1:00 PM ET – Rayburn 2118 & Cisco Webex – Open)
Purpose: The Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee will meet in open (hybrid) session to receive testimony from the Army on modernizing conventional ammunition production across the industrial base.
Witnesses:
The Honorable Bruce Jette
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology (ASA(ALT))
Department of the Army
General Edward M. Daly, USA
Commanding General
Army Materiel Command
Full Committee Hearing: “The Role of Allies and Partners in U.S. Military Strategy and Operations”
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
(12:00 PM ET – CVC & Cisco Webex – Open)
Purpose: The committee will receive testimony from outside experts on the United States network of alliances and partnerships as they relate to defense, opportunities to enhance interoperability and collective defense, and recommendations for strengthening and evolving our security relationships.
Witnesses:
The Honorable Christine Wormuth
Director, International Security and Defense Policy Center
RAND Corporation
Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges (ret)
Center for European Policy Analysis, Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe (2014-2017)
Mr. Elbridge Colby
Principal and co-Founder
The Marathon Initiative
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