June 15, 2006 – Hearing on National Guard and Reserve Issues

The Honorable Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of Delaware and Lead Governor on Homeland Security, National Governors Association

Christine Wormuth, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies

(left to right) Commissioners Patricia L. Lewis; Arnold Punaro, Chairman; E. Gordon Stump; Rhett Dawson; and Dan McKinnon

The Honorable Michael F. Easley, Governor of North Carolina and Lead Governor on the National Guard, National Governors Association

(back row, left to right) Commissioners William L. Ball, III; Arnold L. Punaro, Chairman

(center row, left to right) Commissioners Larry K. Eckles, Patricia L. Lewis, Dan McKinnon,

(front row) Commissioner E. Gordon Stump

(left to right) Robin W. Dixon, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Reserve; Jeffrey D. Smith, Reserve Force Master Chief of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve; Lawrence W. Holland, Command Sergeant Major for the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs; David R. Pennington, Force Master Chief of the Navy Reserve; Richard A. Smith, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air National Guard; John D. Gipe, Command Sergeant Major of the Army National Guard; Michele S. Jones, Command Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve