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2004 Congressional Hearings on WMD

October

Report of the Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence for Strategy Regarding Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs
October 6, 2004 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

• Charles A. Duelfer, Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence for Strategy Regarding Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs
• Brigadier General Joseph J. McMenamin, USMC, Commander, Iraq Survey Group

July

A Report on Latest Round of Six-Way Talks Regarding Nuclear Weapons in North Korea
July 15, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Panel I
• James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State
• Joseph R. DeTrani, Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks, Department of State
  
  Panel II
• Ashton B. Carter, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, Professor of Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• Charles L. Pritchard, Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution

June

Iranian Proliferation: Implications for Terrorists, their State-Sponsors and U.S. Counter-proliferation Policy
June 24, 2004 House Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia

• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Opening Remarks
• John R. Bolton
• Peter Flory
• Mr. Michael Eisenstadt
• Mr. Paul Leventhal

Sea Island and Beyond: Status Report On the Global Partnership Against Weapons of Mass Destruction
June 15, 2004 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

• Senator Lugar's Opening Statement
• Senator Biden's Opening Statement


Panel I
• Pete V. Domenici, United States Senate


Panel II
• John R. Bolton, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Department of State, Washington, DC
• Linton F. Brooks, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Department of Energy, Washington, DC

May

Should China Join the Nuclear Suppliers Group?
May 18, 2004 - House Committee on International Relations

• Transcript

April

Fiscal Year 2005 National Defense Authorization budget request - Destructions of the U.S. Chemical Weapons Stockpile - Program and Status
April 1, 2004 - House Armed Services Committee: Terrorism, Unconventional threats and Capabilities Subcommittee

• Chairman Saxton Opening Statement
• Raymond J. Decker, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, U.S. General Accounting Office
• Dr. Dale E. Klein, Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs
• Claude Bolton, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)
• Pat Wakefield, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Chemical Demilitarization and Counterproliferation)
• Mike Parker, Director, U.S. Army Chemical Material Agency
• Craig Conklin, Chief, Nuclear and Chemical Hazards Branch Preparedness Division Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
• Dr. Patrick J. Meehan, Deputy Director for Program National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

March

Second interim report of the Iraq Survey Group
March 30, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

• Charles A. Duelfer, Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence for Strategy Regarding Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs
• Major General Keith W. Dayton, USA, Commander, Iraq Survey Group

The Bush Administration and Nonproliferation: A New Strategy Emerges
March 30, 2004 - House Committee on International Relations

• Transcript

Department of Energy - National Nuclear Security Administration
March 25, 2004 House Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

• Ambassador Linton F. Brooks, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator, National Security Administration, Department of Energy

Strategic forces and capabilities, in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2005
March 24, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

• Ambassador Linton F. Brooks, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration
• Admiral James O. Ellis Jr., USN, Commander, United States Strategic Command

FY05 Budget of the National Nuclear Security Administration
March 23, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS: Energy & Water Subcommittee

• Admiral Frank L. Bowman, Director of the Naval Reactors Program, NNSA
• Ambassador Linton F. Brooks, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator NNSA

Atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy, in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2005
March 23, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

• Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy

Department of Energy's Atomic Energy Defense Activities
March 18, 2004 House Armed Services Committee: Strategic Forces Subcommittee

• Chairman Everett Opening Statement
• Ambassador Linton Brooks, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy Statement
• Jessie Hill Roberson, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, Department of Energy

Combating the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
March 17, 2004 House Armed Services Committee

• Chairman Hunter Opening Statement
• Dr. Larry M. Wortzel, Vice President and Director, The Heritage Foundation Davis Institute for International Policy Studies
• Gary Milhollin, Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control
• Dr. Ashton B. Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government

Department of Energy
March 11, 2004 House Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development

• Spencer Abraham, Secretary, Department of Energy

Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism, Human Rights and the Future of U.S.-Libyan Relations
March 10, 2004 - House Committee on International Relations

• Transcript

Defense nuclear nonproliferation programs of the Department of Energy and the Cooperative Threat Reduction programs of the Department of Defense in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2005
March 10, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
• Paul M. Longsworth, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy
• Ms. Lisa Bronson, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Technology Security Policy, and Counterproliferation

Nonproliferation and Arms Control: Strategic Choices
March 10, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
• Senator Lugar Opening Statement
• William J. Perry, Michael and Barbar Berberian Professor, Center for International Security & Cooperation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• Arnold Kanter, Principal, The Scowcroft Group, Washington, DC
• Ashton B. Carter, Ford Foundation Professor, The Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

FY05 Budget for the Department of Energy
March 04, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS: Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee
• Spencer Abraham, Secretary, Department of Energy

FY05 Budget for the Department of Energy's Offices of Science; Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology; and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
March 03, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS: Energy & Water Subcommittee
• David Garman, Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Raymond L. Orbach, Director, Office of Science
• William D. Magwood, IV, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology

The North Korean Nuclear Calculus: Beyond the Six Power Talks
March 2, 2004 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
• The Honorable James Kelly, Assistant Secretary, Department of State, Washington, DC
• Mr. Terence Taylor, President and Executive Officer, International Institute for Strategic Studies - U.S. Office Washington, DC
• Mr. Victor Cha Associate Professor of Government, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
• Mr. Tom Malinowski, Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch, Washington, DC
• Staff Trip Report on North Korea

February


FY 2005 Department of Energy Budget
February, 26 2004 House Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies
• Spencer Abraham, Secretary, Department of Energy

Libya: Next Steps in U.S. Relations
February 26, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
• Senator Lugar's Opening Statement
• Senator Biden's Opening Statement
• The Honorable William J. Burns, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC
• The Honorable Paula De Sutter, Assistant Secretary for Verification & Compliance, Department of State, Washington, DC

DoE's Office of Environmental Management, Office of Future Liabilities, and Office of Legacy Management, in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2005
February 25, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
• Jessie Hill Roberson, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management
• Mr. Michael W. Owen, Director, Office of Legacy Management, Department of Energy

January



The Protocol Additional to the Safeguards Agreement Between the United States of America and the IAEA
January 29, 2004 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
• Senator Lugar's Opening Statement
• The Honorable Linton F. Brooks, Administrator National Nuclear Security Administration
• The Honorable Peter Lichtenbaum, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Department of Commerce
• Ms. Susan F. Burk, Acting Assistant Secretary for Non-proliferation, Department of State
• Mr. Mark T. Esper, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Negotiations Policy, Department of Defense

Status of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and related programs
January 28, 2004 SENATE COMMITTEE ARMED SERVICES
• Dr. David Kay - Former Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence on Strategy Regarding Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs


Update on North Korean Nuclear Developments
January 21, 2004 SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE
• Senator Lugar Opening Statement
• Senator Biden Opening Statement
• Dr. Siegfried Hecker Senior Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory