1999 Congressional Hearings

Reauthorization of the Export Administration Act
January 20, 1999 Senate Banking Committee Trade & International Finance Subcommittee

• William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary for Export Administration Department of Commerce

U.S. Policy Towards Iraq
January 28, 1999 Senate Armed Services Committee

• General Anthony C. Zinni, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command

Defense Aspects of U.S. Policy Towards Iraq
January 29, 1999 Senate Armed Services Committee

• Walter B. Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND COUNTERMEASURE DEVICES
February 11, 1999 HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE

Hearing Transcript
• Lt. Gen. Paul J. Kern, Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Research, Development, and Acquisition)
• Mr. Patrick Neary, Senior Executive Analyst, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army
• Vice Amd. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, (Resources, Warfare Requirements, and Assesments)
• Rear Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby, Director of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy
• Lt. Jack Daly, Amphibious Group Three, USN
• Lt. Gen. Gregory S. Martin, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, (Acquisition)
• Maj. Gen. Richard R. Paul, Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Material Command
• Lt. Gen. John E. Rhodes, Commander, USMC Combat Development Command, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
• Mr. Michael Decker, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, (Intelligence), Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps

Reauthorization of the Export Administration Act
March 3, 1999 House International Relations Committee International Economic Policy & Trade Subcommittee

• William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary for Export Administration Department of Commerce

U.S. Policy Towards Iraq
March 9, 1999 Senate Foreign Relations Committee Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee

• Beth Jones, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD IRAQ
MARCH 10, 1999 - House Armed Services Committee

Hearing Transcript
• Opening Statement of Chairman Spence
• Honorable R. James Woolsey, Former Director of Central Intelligence
• Dr. John Hillen, Senior Fellow for Political-Military Studies, Center for Strategic & International Studies
• Dr. Thomas A. Keaney, Executive Director, Foreign Policy Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Domestic Emergency Preparedness for Response to Threats of Terrorist Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction
March 11, 1999 - House Armed Services Committee

• Hearing Transcript
• Opening Statement of Chairman Weldon
• Mr. Charles L. Cragin, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, (Reserve Affairs)
• Dr. Delores M. Etter, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, (Science & Technology)
• Mr. Raymond Dominguez, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, (Forces & Resources), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, (Special Operations & Low Intensity Conflict)
• Maj. Gen. John Doesburg, Commander, U.S. Army Soldier & Biological Chemical Command
• Dr. Page Stoutland, Director, Chemical & Bilogical Nonproliferation Program, Department of Energy
• Dr. William F. Raub, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Science Policy, Department of Health & Human Services
• Mr. David Boyd, Director, Office of Science & Technology, National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice
• Randall Murch, Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigations Laboratory

U.S. Policy Towards Iraq
March 17, 1999 - Senate Foreign Relations and Energy & Natural Resources Committees

• Bill Richardson Secretary of Energy
• Thomas R. Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
March 23, 1999 - Senate Armed Services Committee Emerging Threats & Capabilities Subcommittee

• Rose E. Gottemoeller, Director, Office of Nonproliferation and National Security, U.S. Department of Energy
• Edward Warner, Assistant Secretary of State for Strategy and Requirements

U.S. Policy Towards North Korea and the Pending Perry Review
March 24, 1999

• Dr. Paul Wolfowitz The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins University
• Ambassador James Lilley Resident Fellow American Enterprise Institute

The Taiwan Relations Act at Twenty
March 25, 1999 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Stanley O. Roth, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Affairs

The Taiwan Relations Act at Twenty
April 14, 1999 - House International Relations Committee Asia & the Pacific Subcommittee

• Susan Shirk, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, East Asian and Pacific Bureau
• Dr. Kurt Campbell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Asian and Pacific Affairs

U.S. Vulnerability to Ballistic Missile Attack
April 15, 1999 -- SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

• Helms, Hon. Jesse, U.S. Senator
• Weinberger, Hon. Caspar, former Secretary of Defense

Current and Growing Missile Threats to the U.S.
April 20, 1999 -- SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

• Lilley, Hon. James R., former U.S. Ambassador to China
• Schlesinger, Hon. James R., former Secretary of Defense
• Schneider, Hon. William, Jr., former Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science, and Technology
• Walpole, Robert D., National Intelligence Officer for Strategic and Nuclear Programs

Assessing the Zhu Rongji Visit
April 21, 1999 - House International Relations Committee - Asia & the Pacific and International Economic Policy & Trade Subcommittees

• Stanley O. Roth, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Affairs
• Sandra J. Kristoff, Senior Vice President, New York Life International, Inc.

Nonproliferation and the Intelligence Community
April 21, 1999 - Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

• John Lauder, Special Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for Nonproliferation

Potential Effects of Electronic Dissemination of Chemical "Worst Case Senarios" Data
March 16, 1999 - Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property and Nuclear Safety

• Robert M. Burnham, Chief, Domestic Terrorism Section, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Potential Effects of Electronic Dissemination of Chemical "Worst Case Senarios" Data
May 19, 1999 - House Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health and Environment

• Robert M. Burnham, Chief, Domestic Terrorism Section, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Potential Effects of Electronic Dissemination of Chemical "Worst Case Senarios" Data
May 20, 1999 - House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

• Robert M. Burnham, Chief, Domestic Terrorism Section, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Renewal of Normal Trade Relations with China
June 8, 1999 - House Ways and Means Committee Trade Subcommittee

• Stanley O. Roth, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

The Effect of Sanctions on U.S. Agricultural Trade
June 9, 1999 - House Agriculture Committee

• Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs
• Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture

DOE Security
June 9, 1999 - Senate Intelligence Committee

• Bill Richardson, Secretary of Energy

Dual-Use and Munitions List Export Control Processes and Implementation at the Department of Energy
June 10, 1999 - Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs

• Hon. Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General, Department of Energy

The Inspectors General Report on the Export-Control Process for Dual-Use and Munitions List Commodities
June 23, 1999 - Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs

• Donald Mancuso, Acting Inspector General, Department of Defense
• Johnnie E. Frazier, Acting Inspector General, Department of Commerce
• John C. Payne, Deputy Inspector General, Department of State
• Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General, Department of Energy
• Lawrence W. Rogers, Acting Inspector General, Department of Treasury
• L. Britt Snider, Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency

U.S. Policy Towards Iraq
June 23, 1999 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Near East and South Asia Affairs Subcommittee

• Elizabeth Jones, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

"Retaliation at the Departments of Defense and Energy: 
Do Advocates of Tighter Security for U.S. Technology Face Intimidation?"
June 24, 1999 - House Committee on Government Reform

• Curt Weldon U.S. House of Representatives
• Lt. Col. Edward McCallum Director of the Office of Safeguards and Security U.S. Department of Energy
• Dr. Peter Leitner Senior Strategic Trade Adviser Defense Threat Reduction Agency
• Mr. Michael Maloof Chief of Technology Security Operations Defense Threat Reduction Agency
• Jonathan Fox, Esq. Arms Control Specialist Defense Special Weapons Agency

Security Problems at the U.S. Department of Energy
June 24, 1999 - House Armed Services Committee

• HEARING TRANSCRIPT
• Rudman, Hon. Warren, Chairman, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

The Rudman Report on Security Problems at the U.S. Department of Energy
June 29, 1999 - House Science Committee

• Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner
• Jerry Costello

Restructing the Department of Energy (DOE)
July 13, 1999 - House Science Committee

• HEARING CHARTER
• Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner
• Chairman Ken Calvert
• Jerry Costello
• Maureen Eldredge
• William Happer
• Donald Kettl
• Victor Rezendes

H.R. 1883, Iran Nonproliferation Act of 1999
July 13, 1999 - House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

• Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner
• Roald Sagdeev
• John Schumacher
• Henry Sokolski
• Kenneth Timmerman

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REORGANIZATION AND INTELLIGENCE/COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ISSUES
JULY 14, 1999 - House Armed Services Committee

• HEARING TRANSCRIPT
• Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, Department of Energy

Taiwan
July 21, 1999 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee

• Senator Jesse Helms

U.S. Policy Toward Libya
July 22, 1999 - House International Relations Committee Africa Subcommittee

• Ronald E. Neumann, U.S. Department of State

S. 693, The Taiwan Security Enhancement Act
August 4, 1999 - Senate Foreign Relations Committe

• Chairman Helms' Statement
• Stanley O. Roth, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Foreign Missile Developments and the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States Through 2015
September 16, 1999 -- SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

• Helms, Hon. Jesse, U.S. Senator
• Walpole, Robert D., National Intelligence Officer for Strategic and Nuclear Programs, Central Intelligence Agency

BALLISTIC MISSILES: THREAT AND RESPONSE
September 1999 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

• Appendix 1 - Selected Republican Staff Memoranda
• Appendix 2 - Relevant Intelligence Community Documents
• Appendix 3 - Related Documents

DISARRAY IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OVER FACING SADDAM HUSSEIN
SEPTEMBER 28, 1999 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

• RICHARD BUTLER, FORMER EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION ON IRAQ

Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program 
September 30, 1999 - House Armed Services Committee

Hearing Transcript
• Opening Statement of Chairman Buyer
• Dr. John Hamre, Deputy Secretary of Defense
• General Anthony Zinni, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command, USMC
• General John Keane, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, USA
• Honorable Dave Oliver, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
• Lieutenant General Ronald R. Blanck, Surgeon General of the Army, USA
• Lieutenant Colonel Redmond Handy, Government and Business Consulting, Inc., USAF (Ret.)

National security implications of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
October 6, 1999 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• Honorable William S. Cohen Secretary of Defense
• General Henry H. Shelton, USA Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Honorable James R. Schlesinger Former Secretary of Defense and Former Secretary of Energy
• General John M. Shalikashvili, USA (Ret.) Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

The ability of the Stockpile Stewardship Program to adequately verify the safety and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent under a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
October 7, 1999 - Senate Armed Services Committee

• Honorable Bill Richardson Secretary of Energy
• Dr. C. Paul Robinson Director, Sandia National Laboratories
• Dr. C. Bruce Tarter Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Dr. John C. Browne Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Dr. Robert R. Barker Former Assistant to the Secretary of Defense or Atomic Energy
• Dr. John Foster Former Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Former Director, Defense Research and Engineering
• Dr. Kathleen C. Bailey Former Assistant Director for Nuclear and Weapons Control Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• Admiral Henry G. Chiles, Jr., USN (Ret.) Former Commander-in-Chief United States Strategic Command
• Dr. Sidney D. Drell Professor Emeritus Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Electromagnetic Pulse Threats to U.S. Military and Civilian Infrastructure
October 7, 1999 - House Armed Services Committee

HEARING TRANSCRIPT
• Bernardin, Dr. Michael, Provost for Theoretical Institute of Thermonuclear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Jakubiak, Mr. Stanley, Senior Civilian for Nuclear C3 and EMP Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Graham, Dr. William, Former Science Advisor to President Reagan and Rumsfeld Commissioner on the Missile Threat
• Wood, Dr. Lowell, Member of the Director's Technical Staff, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

U.S. Policy Toward North Korea
October 12, 1999 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee

• Dr. William Perry

U.S. Policy Toward North Korea I: Perry Review
October 13, 1999 - House International Relations Committee

• Testimony by William Perry

Political Crisis in Pakistan
October 14, 1999 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Karl F. Inderfurth, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES 
October 20, 1999 - House Armed Services Committee

• HEARING TRANSCRIPT
• Edward McCallum, former Director of the Office of Safeguards and Security at DOE
• Glenn Podonsky, Director of DOE's Office of Oversight and Performance Assurance
• Gil Weigand, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense Strategic Commuting and Simulation
• Paul Robinson, Director of Sandia National Laboratories
• General Eugene Habiger, Director of DOE's Office of Security and Emergency Operations

Threat to U.S. Forces Posed by the Proliferation of Chemical and Biological Weapons
20 October 1999 - House Military Procurement and Military Research & Development Subcommittees

• Opening Statement of Chairman Hunter
• Opening Statement of Chairman Weldon
• Dr. Ken Alibek, Chief Scientist, HADRON, Inc.
• Mr. Norman L. Rabkin, Director, National Security Preparedness Issues, U.S. General Accounting Office
• Rear Adm. Richard A. Mayo, Vice Director for Medical Readiness, J-4, The Joint Staff
• Rear Adm. James D. MacArthur, Deputy Director, Strategy & Policy, J-5, The Joint Staff
• Dr. Hans Mark, Director, Defense Research & Engineering, Department of Defense

Immediate Challenges to U.S. Policy in South Asia
October 20, 1999 - House International Relations Committee Asia and Pacific Subcommittee

• Karl F. Inderfurth, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs

Russian Threat Perceptions and Plans for Sabotage Against the United States 
October 26, 1999 - House Armed Services Committee

• Andrew, Professor Christopher M., Cambridge University
• Gordievsky, Col. Oleg, Former KGB London Chief of Station

U.S. Policy Regarding High-Performance Computer Exports
October 28, 1999 - House Armed Services Committee

HEARING TRANSCRIPT
• Opening Statement of Chairman Spence
• Mr. Harold J. Johnson, Jr., Associate Director, National Security & International Affairs Division, U.S. General Accounting Office
• Mr. Gary Milhollin, Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
• Mr. Dan Hoydysh, Co-Chairman, Computer Coalition for Responsible Exports
• Dr. Stephen Bryen, Former Director, Defense Technology Security Administration, Department of Defense
• Honorable William Reinsch, Under Secretary for Export Administration, Department of Commerce

Confirmation of U.S. Ambassador to China
October 28, 1999 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee

• Admiral Joseph W. Prueher (Ret.)