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1996 Congressional Hearings

U.S. Policy on Taiwan
6-7 February 1996 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific.

• Winston Lord Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs - 6 February 1996
• Kurt Campbell Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs - 7 February 1996

The Ballistic Missile Threat to the U.S. and its Allies
28 February 1996 - House National Security Committee

• Hon. Floyd D. Spence, Chair, House National Security Committee
• Hon. Ronald V. Dellums, Ranking Democrat, House National Security Committee
• Frank J. Gaffney, Director, Center for Security Policy
• William R. Graham, Former Presidential Science Advisor
• Dr. Keith B. Payne President, National Institute for Public Policy Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University National Security Studies Graduate Program
• Mr. Richard Cooper, Chairman of the National Intelligence Council

Ballistic Missile Defense Program Review
6 March 1996 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• Sen. Strom Thurmond, Chair, Senate Armed Services Committee
• Paul G. Kaminski, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology

Ballistic Missile Defense
7 March 1996 - House National Security Committee
Military Procurement Subcommittee and the Military Research and Development Subcommittee

• Rep. Curt Weldon, Chair, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development
• Rep. Duncan Hunter, Chair, Subcommittee on Military Procurement
• LTGEN Malcolm R. O'Neill USA, Director Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE
March 12, 1996 - Committee on National Security, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development

• Mark E. Gebicke, GAO - Director, Military Operations and Capabilities Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S BUDGET REQUEST FOR FY 1997
House Committee on National Security Subcommittee on Military Procurement March 12, 1996
Senate Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces March 13, 1996

• Joan B. Rohlfing Director Office of Nonproliferation and National Security Department of Energy
• C. Bruce Tarter, Director Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory [particularly STEMMING THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION]
• Assuring Confidence in the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile prepared statement of Harold P. Smith Jr., assistant to the secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs,

NUCLEAR LEAKAGE FROM THE POST-SOVIET STATES
13 March 1996 - Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

• Senator Sam Nunn [exerpts]
• DR. WILLIAM C. POTTER Director of the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
• Graham Allison Douglas Dillon Professor of Government and Director, Center for Science and International Affairs John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

FY 1997 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL
13 March 1996 - Senate Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee

• Joan B. Rohlfing Director Office of Nonproliferation and National Security Department of Energy

Ballistic Missile Defense
14 March 1996 - House National Security Committee

• Rep. Curt Weldon, Chair, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development
• Hon. Ronald V. Dellums, Ranking Democrat, House National Security Committee
• R. James Woolsey, Former Director of Central Intelligence
• Richard Perle, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense
• Michael Krepon, President, The Stimson Center

Security of Taiwan
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - MARCH 14, 1996

• WINSTON LORD ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS

Policy Toward Korean Peninsula
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - MARCH 19, 1996

• WINSTON LORD ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS

Department of Defense Space Activities
20 March 1996 - Senate Armed Services Committee
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

• Robert V. Davis, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Space
• GEN Joseph W. Ashy USAF, Commander in Chief, United States Space Command

Security Challenges: China
20 March 1996 - House National Security Committee

• Arthur N. Waldron, Professor of Strategy and Policy, U.S. Naval War College

Ballistic Missile Defense
20 March 1996 - Senate Appropriations Committee
Subcommittee on Defense

• LTGEN Malcolm R. O'Neill USA Director Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

WORLDWIDE DEMAND FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS MATERIALS
20 March 1996 - SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

Ballistic Missile Defense and the ABM Treaty
21 March 1996 - House National Security Committee
Subcommittees on Military Research and Development and Military Procurement

• Dr. Stephen A. Cambone, Senior Fellow, Political-Military Studies Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
• Sidney Graybeal

U.S. Strategic Command
21 March 1996 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• U.S. Strategic Command: Peace Is Still Our Profession prepared remarks of Gen. Eugene E. Habiger, USAF, commander in chief, U.S. Strategic Command

WORLDWIDE DEMAND FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS MATERIALS
22 March 1996 - SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

• Thomas McNamara Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
• CHARLES B. CURTIS DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY

Ballistic Missile Defense
25 March 1996 - Senate Armed Services Committee
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

• Sen. Trent Lott, Chair, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
• LTGEN Malcolm R. O'Neill USA Director Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
• LTGEN Malcolm R. O'Neill Responses to Questions for the Record from Sen. Carl Levin, received June 1996

Ballistic Missile Defense
17 April 1996 - House Appropriations Committee
Subcommittee on National Security Wednesday

• LTGEN Malcolm R. O'Neill USA Director Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

Aid to Israel
25 April 1996 - House Appropriations Committee 
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs

• Neal M. Sher Executive Director American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)

China and MFN
House International Relations Committee Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific - May 16, 1996

• Peter Tarnoff Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Ballistic Missile Defense
30 May 1996 - House Government Reform and Oversight
Subcommittee on National Security

• Rep. Curt Weldon, Chair, National Security Subcommittee on Military Research and Development
• R. James Woolsey, Former Director of Central Intelligence
• Frank J. Gaffney, Director, Center for Security Policy
• Dr. Keith B. Payne President, National Institute for Public Policy Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University National Security Studies Graduate Program
• Michael Krepon, President, The Stimson Center

China's Most Favored Nation status
5 June 1996 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Stephen J. Yates, The Heritage Foundation

China's Most Favored Nation status
6 June 1996 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Sven F. Kraemer, Former Director of Arms Control, National Security Council Staff, 1981-1987

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST 
House International Relations Committee - June 12, 1996

• Robert H. Pelletreau Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Department of State

Near-Term National Missile Defense Options
18 June 1996 - House National Security Committee
Subcommittees on Military Research and Development and Military Procurement

• Rep. Curt Weldon, Chair, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development
• Rep. Duncan Hunter, Chair, Subcommittee on Military Procurement
• RADM Richard D. West USN Director (Acting) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
• LTGEN Jay Garner, Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command
• MAJGEN Robert Linhard, USAF, Director of Plans

Global Proliferation Threats
19 June 1996 - House Committee on International Relations

• Dr. Lynn E. Davis Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
• Sven F. Kraemer, Former Director of Arms Control, National Security Council Staff, 1981-1987

Clinton Administration's Response to the Threat Posed by Proliferation
20 June 1996 - House National Security Committee
Military Procurement Subcommittee and Military Research and Development Subcommittee

• Rep. Duncan Hunter, Chair, Subcommittee on Military Procurement
• Rep. Curt Weldon, Chair, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development
• Dr. Mitchel B. Wallerstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counterproliferation Policy

Export Controls
31 July 1996 - Senate Banking Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy

• William Reinsch Under Secretary of Commerce

U.S. POLICY TOWARDS NORTH KOREA
SEPTEMBER 12, 1996 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS

• MARK MINTON, DIRECTOR OFFICE OF KOREAN AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Consequences of China's Military Sales to Iran
September 12, 1996 - House Committee on International Relations

• Seth Carus Research Analyst Center for Naval Analyses
• Michael Eisenstadt Military Fellow Washington Institute for Near East Policy
• Leonard Spector Senior Fellow Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Need for National Ballistic Defense System
24 September 1996 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Senator Jesse Helms Chair
• R. James Woolsey former Director of Central Intelligence

Need for National Ballistic Defense System
26 September 1996 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Hearing News Release
• Henry Cooper High Frontier
• William Graham Science Advisor to President Reagan
• Jack Mendelson Arms Control Association

Ballistic Missile Defense Plans, Policies and Programs
27 September 1996 - House National Security Committee
Military Research and Development and Military Procurement Subcommittees

• Rep. Curt Weldon, Chair, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development
• Rep. Duncan Hunter, Chair, Subcommittee on Military Procurement
• Frank J. Gaffney, Director, Center for Security Policy
• William Graham with attached BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE AND "ARMS CONTROL" FOLLIES by William Lee
• Paul Kaminski Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition [with GEN Joseph Ralston Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff]

NUCLEAR WEAPONS - RUSSIA'S REQUEST FOR THE EXPORT OF U.S. COMPUTERS FOR STOCKPILE MAINTENANCE
September 30, 1996 - Subcommittee on Military Procurement, Committee on National Security, House of Representatives

• Harold J. Johnson, GAO Associate Director, International Relations and Trade Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division

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