March 8-9, 2006 – Hearing on Roles and Missions

Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont (left) and Kit Bond of Missouri, Co-chairs, Senate National Guard Caucus

Representatives Duncan Hunter of California, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee (left), and John McHugh of New York, Chairman, Military Personnel Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee

Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Ranking Member, Personnel Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee.

Senator John Warner of Virginia, Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee

Representative Steve Buyer of  Indiana, House Reserve Component Caucus

Representative Ike Skelton of Missouri, Ranking Members, House Armed Services Committee

Representative Gene Taylor of Mississippi,  House Reserve Component Caucus

David S. C. Chu, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

Thomas F. Hall, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs

Lieutenant General Raymond L. Odierno, USA, Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

(left to right) General Richard Cody, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army; Admiral Robert Willard, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy; General Robert Magnus, Assistant Commandant, United States Marine Corps;  General John D.W. Corley, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force

Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, Executive Director, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (left), and Michele Flournoy, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies

(back row, left to right) Commissioners William L. Ball, III; Rhett Dawson; Arnold L. Punaro, Chairman; Larry K. Eckles; John M. Keane

(center row, left to right) Commissioners Patricia L. Lewis, Dan McKinnon, Wade Rowley, James E. Sherrard III, Donald L. Stockton

(front row, left to right) Commissioners E. Gordon Stump and J. Stanton Thompson

A March 9 Hearing Panel and Audience in 2216 Rayburn House Office Building