WITNESSES

UNITED STATES SENATE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

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There will be a meeting of the Committee on

ARMED SERVICES

Thursday, October 7, 1999

9:30 a.m.

Room SD-106, Dirksen Senate Office Building

OPEN/CLOSED *

To receive testimony on 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.

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WITNESS LIST

Panel I:
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

Panel II:
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

* There will be a CLOSED session in SR-222, following the OPEN session. Staff attendance for the CLOSED session will be restricted to those holding SECRET and "Q" clearances.