For more information on attendance please contact: Elma Rhue at rhuee@ndu.edu or Peter Huessy at huessyp@ndu.edu

The National Defense University Foundation and the National Defense Industrial Association is pleased to present the 2009 Congressional Breakfast Series.

The 2009 series includes 3 topical categories:

  • Missile Defense Policy Proliferation and U.S. National Security
  • Homeland Security, Coastal and Maritime Security Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
  • Nuclear Weapons, Defense Policy, Arms Control and US National Security
  • New Dinner Events Added to the 2009 Schedule

 
All seminars take place at the Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Avenue SE , Washington , DC., from 0800-0900.

2009 MISSILE DEFENSE SEMINAR SERIES
NDUF & NDIA Breakfast Seminars on Missile Defense Policy Proliferation & U.S. National Security
Date Speaker Organization Topic
21-Apr Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) US Senate Senate Perspectives on Iran and Missile Defense
28-Apr Fred Kagan American Enterprise Institute Stopping State Sponsored Terror: Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan
30-Apr Maj Gen Tom Deppe, USAF Vice Commander, USAF Space Command USAF Strategic and Space Issues
5-May Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) US Senate, Member of SASC Senate Outlook of Nuclear Deterrence, Missile Defense and Proliferation Threats
8-May Mr. Frank Miller Principal, The Cohen Group (Former NSC Staff) Is Nuclear Deterrence Relevant in the 21st Century?
14-May Ms. Elaine Bunn NDU, Institute for National Strategic Studies Tailored Deterrence
15-May Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ/2nd) US Congress, Member of HASC House Outlook on the Iranian and North Korean Threats and US Missile Defense Responses
19-May Dr. Ilan Berman Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council Iranian Nuclear Perspectives
20-May Clare Lopez VP, The Intelligence Summit, Professor at the CI Centre How Tehran Buys Time for Iran's Nukes: "Mullah Rope a Dope"
21-May LTG Kevin Campbell Commander, SMDC Theater and Global Tiered Missile Defense
11-Jun LTG Patrick O'Reilly Director, Missile Defense Agency Future Plans for MDA
12-Jun Dr. Uzi Rubin Rubicon, Former IMOD Iranian Ballistic Missile Threats
24-Jun RADM M. Stewart O'Bryan N3N5 Director, Navy MDA Navy Maritime Domain Awareness
25-Jun Congressman Doug Lamborn Member , HASC Deterrence, Space and Missile Defense Issues
14-Jul General Robert Kehler Commander, USAF Space Command Deterrence, Space, Homeland Defense, Cyber: New Security Challenges
TBD General Kevin P. Chilton, USAF Commander, US STRATCOM Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense and Defense Policy

2009 HOMELAND SECURITY SEMINAR SERIES
NDUF & NDIA Breakfast Seminars on Homeland Security,
Coastal and Maritime Security & Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
Date Speaker Organization Topic
12-May Congressman Ruppersberger Chairman, House Port Caucus; Member, Intelligence Committee Stopping Nuclear Terrorism: Intelligence, Marine and Port Security Issues
13-May Admiral James Loy, USCG (ret) (Former Deputy Secretary DHS;) Senior Counselor, The Cohen Group Where are We and Where Should We Be Going re: Homeland Security and Homeland Defense
19-May Dr. Ilan Berman Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council Iranian Nuclear Perspectives
20-May Ms. Clare Lopez VP, The Intelligence Summit; Professor at the CI Centre How Tehran Buys Time for Iran's Nukes: “Mullah Rope a Dope”
26-May General Tom McInerney,(Ret) Former Vice Chief of Staff, USAF Deterrence Strategy Against Nuclear Terrorism: What To Do? The McInerney Plan
28-May Amb Robert Joseph Former NSC, former Under Secretary of State Libyas Nuclear Program: The PSI &Lessons Learned
4-Jun Colonel Randy Larsen(ret) Center for Bio-Security: UPMC Five Myths of Bio-Terrorism
5-Jun CAPT Dana Goward, USCG (Ret) Director, Policy Integration, USCG A Holistic Approach to Maritime Security - Regimes, Awareness, & Operations - From the Arctic to Somalia
16-Jun General Victor E. Renuart Commander, Northern Command and NORAD A Threat Brief & Response Perspectives
17-Jun Craig Hansen Babcock and Wilcox Global Nuclear Energy and Non-Proliferation
18-Jun Chris Ford Director, Center for Technology and Global Security, Hudson Institute Proliferation Lessons and Global Zero Future Prospects
24-Jun RADM M. "Stewart O'Bryan Office of the CNO, N3N5 Director, Navy MDA Navy Marine Domain Awareness
14-Jul General Robert Kehler Commander, USAF Space Command Deterrence, Space, Homeland Defense, Cyber: New Security Challenges
TBD Mr. Chuck Galloway Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO), DHS Detecting the Smuggling of Nuclear Material
TBD RADM Brian M. Salerno, USCG Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security, and Stewardship, USCG Marine & Arctic Security from WMD Threats

2009 NUCLEAR DETERRENCE SEMINAR SERIES
NDUF Breakfast Seminars on Nuclear Weapons, Defense Policy, Arms Control & US National Security
Date
 Speaker Organization Topic
21-Apr
Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) US Senate Senate Perspectives on Iran and Missile Defense
24-Apr
Maj Gen C. Donald Alston Assistant Chief of Staff, Strategic Deterrence "The Future of the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise."
1-May
Maj GenTom Deppe, USAF Vice Commander, USAF Space Command USAF Strategic and Space Issues
5-May
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) US Senate, Member of SASC Senate Outlook on Nuclear Deterrence and Missile Defense
8-May
Mr. Frank Miller Principal, The Cohen Group (Former NSC Staff) Is Nuclear Deterrence Relevant in the 21st Century?
14-May
Ms. Elaine Bunn NDU, Institute for National Strategic Studies Tailored Deterrence
19-May
Dr. Ilan Berman Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council Iranian Nuclear Perspectives
20-May
Ms. Clare Lopez CIA Operations Officer, (ret) How Tehran Buys Time for Iran's Nukes: Mullah Rope a Dope
22-May
General Larry Welch, USAF (ret) Former USAF Chief of Staff & Commander, SAC Sustaining the Nuclear Deterrent
26-May
General Tom McInerney, USAF (ret) (Former Vice Chief of Staff, USAF) The Intelligence Network Deterring Nuclear Terrorism: The McInerney Plan
28-May
Amb Robert Joseph Former NSC, former Deputy Under Secretary of State Libya's Nuclear Program: The PSI &Lessons Learned
3-Jun
Charles Curtis President, NTI (Nuclear Threat Initiative) The Right Way to Stop Nuclear Terrorism
17-Jun
Craig Hansen Babcock and Wilcox Global Nuclear Energy and Non-Proliferation
18-Jun
Chris Ford Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Technology and Global Security Proliferation Lessons and Future Plans
19-Jun
Dr. John R. Harvey Director, Policy Planning Staff, NNSA Moving to Consensus on America's Nuclear Security
23-Jun
RADM Stephen Johnson, USN Director, SSP The Trident and Contribution to Deterrence
8-Jul
Maj Gen Roger Burg, USAF Commander, 20th Air Force Minuteman Role in Deterrence
9-Jul
Barry Blechman Stimson Center Seeking the High Road on Nuclear Strategy
14-Jul
General Robert Kehler Commander, USAF Space Command Deterrence, Space, Homeland Defense, Cyber: New Security Challenges
17-Jul
Steve Henry Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters Nuclear Deterrence & Nuclear Defense
TBD
General Kevin P. Chilton, USAF Commander, US STRATCOM Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control, Missile Defense and Defense Policy