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REAGAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORUM BUILDING PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Simi Valley, California H November 7, 2015 America’s Premier Defense Forum REAGAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORUM BUILDING PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH The Reagan National Defense Forum (RNDF) brings together leaders and key stakeholders in the defense community - including members of Congress, civilian officials and military leaders from the Defense Department and industry - to address the health of our national defense and stimulate discussions that promote policies to strengthen the U.S. military. In an era of economic uncertainty where the threats to our national security are increasing in number and complexity, RNDF allows senior leaders from the defense community to come together with viewpoints on how best to deal with these challenges. Though President Reagan left office many years ago, the United States military continues to benefit from his commitment and vision for a strong defense. Recognizing that today’s decisions will affect our military capabilities for years to come, RNDF charges leaders from current and past Administrations and Congress to look beyond the immediate issues facing our armed forces and explore how we can build peace through strength for the future. The RNDF asks you to join the discussion at our third annual conference on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. “Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” Honorary Steering Committee Congressman Mac Thornberry The Honorable Howard P. “Buck” McKeon Chairman The Honorable Sam Nunn (Retired) The Honorable Robert Gates The Honorable Leon Panetta The Honorable Chuck Hagel Senator Jack Reed The Honorable Duncan L. Hunter (Retired) The Honorable George Shultz Senator James M. Inhofe Reagan Foundation Trustee The Honorable Ann McLaughlin Korologos The Honorable John Warner (Retired) Reagan Foundation Trustee The Honorable Pete Wilson Senator John McCain Reagan Foundation Trustee The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Board of Trustees Mr. Rick J. Caruso Mr. K. Rupert Murdoch Mr. Michael P. Castine Ms. Peggy Noonan Mrs. Nancy Reagan Mr. Lowdrick Cook The Honorable Theodore B. Olson The Honorable Fredrick J. Ryan, Jr. Mr. Steve Forbes Mr. Gerald L. Parsky Chairman Mr. Bradford M. Freeman Mr. Jim Pattison Mrs. Catherine G. Busch The Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani Mr. A. Jerrold Perenchio Secretary Mr. Robert M. Higdon, Jr. Mr. T. Boone Pickens The Honorable John F.W. Rogers Treasurer The Honorable Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. The Honorable George P. Shultz Mr. Jeffrey R. Immelt Mr. Ben C. Sutton, Jr. The Honorable The Honorable Robert H. Tuttle Ann McLaughlin Korologos Mr. John D. Heubusch The Honorable Pete Wilson Executive Director Mr. Andrew J. Littlefair 1 Defense Leaders – Industry Insiders – National Security Reporters “As for the enemies of 2015 Agenda freedom, those who are The 2015 RNDF conference includes a morning potential adversaries, welcome reception, simultaneous morning and they will be reminded afternoon panel sessions, keynote luncheon, and that peace is the highest special closing remarks from a Department of aspiration of the American Defense official. The conference begins at 8:00 a.m. people. We will negotiate and will conclude at approximately 5:30 p.m. on for it, sacrifice for it; we Saturday, November 7, 2015. will not surrender for it, now or ever.” Attendees Approximately 600 participants from the key communities that shape our national defense, which include Members of Congress, the civilian and military leadership of the Department of Defense, former officials, thought leaders, defense industry representatives, members of the press and general public. The forum will be open to the press. Tickets and Registration Tickets to attend the daylong forum are: H $249 per person, register before August 31st at a discounted rate of $225 per person. H $149 per person for active military, government personnel, and students. Online registration begins June 2015 at www.reaganfoundation.org/defense For more information and to register for the 2015 RNDF, please visit www.reaganfoundation.org/defense or contact Shahla Seaborn at [email protected] 2 Previous RNDF Program Participants and Distinguished Guests *Partial Listing H Mr. Hossein Amir-Aslani H The Honorable Robert Gates H The Honorable Sean O’Keefe Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Former Secretary of Defense Former Administrator, NASA; Former Director of the CIA Former Chairman & CEO, Airbus Group, Inc. H General James F. Amos (EADS North America) Former Commandant, USMC H Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta Medal of Honor Recipient H The Honorable Leon Panetta H Mr. Julian Barnes Former Secretary of Defense National Security Reporter H Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert Former Director of the CIA The Wall Street Journal Chief of Naval Operations, USN H Mr. Mike Petters H Mr. Tom Bevan H Ms. Jennifer Griffin President and CEO Co-Founder and Editor; RealClearPolitics National Security Correspondent, Huntington Ingalls Industries FOX News H Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn H General David G. Perkins Vice Chairman, Energy & Commerce Committee H The Honorable Stephen Hadley Commanding General for Training and Tennessee Former National Security Advisor Doctrine Command, U.S. Army H Senator Roy Blunt H The Honorable Chuck Hagel H Major General Arnold Punaro (Ret.) SASC Member, Missouri Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Chairman, National Defense Industrial Association H The Honorable Christopher S. Bond H Mr. Pete Hegseth H Senator Jack Reed Former U. S. Senator, Missouri; Chief Executive Offcer SASC Member, Rhode Island Chairman, KBS Strategies Concerned Veterans For America H Admiral Michael S. Rogers H Mr. William M. Brown H General Paul Hester (Ret.) Director, National Security Agency Chief, Chairman, President and CEO Associate Vice President Central Security Services Commander, Harris Corporation GE Aviation U.S. Cyber Command, USN H Mr. Wes Bush H Ms. Marillyn A. Hewson H The Honorable Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. Chairman, President & CEO Chairman, President and CEO Former Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan; Northrop Grumman Lockheed Martin Corp. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the H Mr. Doug Cameron H Ms. Linda Parker Hudson Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Defense Industry Correspondent Former President and CEO, BAE Systems, Inc. H Senator Jeff Sessions The Wall Street Journal H The Honorable Deborah Lee James SASC Member, Alabama H The Honorable Eric Cantor Secretary, U.S. Air Force H Mr. Thom Shanker Vice Chairman and Managing Director; H The Honorable Jeh Johnson Pentagon Corespondent, The New York Times Moelis & Co.; Former House Majority Leader Secretary, Department of H Ms. Gwynne Shotwell H Congressman Joaquin Castro Homeland Security President and Chief Operating Offcer HASC Member, Texas H The Honorable Frank Kendall SpaceX H General Peter W. Chiarelli (Ret.), Under Secretary of Defense for (AT&L) H Mr. Gary Sinise USA Former Vice Chief of Staff H Dr. Thomas Kennedy Gary Sinise Foundation for the U.S. Army; Chairman and Chief Executive Offcer CEO, One Mind for Research H Ms. Barbara Starr Raytheon Company Pentagon Correspondent, CNN H The Honorable J.D. Crouch H Dr. William A. LaPlante Former CEO; Qinetiq NA; Former National H Mr. David Strauss Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Security Advisor Managing Director, UBS (Acquisition) H Mr. Chris Davenport H The Honorable Jim Talent H The Honorable Carl Levin The Washington Post Former U.S. Senator, Missouri; Former U.S. Senator, Michigan Distinguished Fellow; Heritage Foundation H The Honorable Rudy deLeon H The Honorable William J. Lynn, III Former Deputy Secretary of Defense H Congressman Mac Thornberry Chief Executive Offcer HASC Chairman, Texas H General Martin E. Dempsey DRS Technologies & Finmeccanica NA Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff H The Honorable Michael Vickers H Senator John McCain Undersecretary of Defense (Intelligence) H General Joseph Dunford SASC Chairman, Arizona Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps H Mr. Craig Whitlock H The Honorable John McHugh Pentagon and National Security Correspondent, H The Honorable Eric Edelman Secretary of the United States Army, The Washington Post Former Ambassador to Finland & Turkey, U.S. Department of Defense Former Undersecretary of Defense (Policy) H Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr. H Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff H Mr. Francis A. Finelli Former HASC Chairman, California Managing Director H The Honorable Robert O. Work H Admiral William H. McRaven The Carlyle Group Former Undersecretary of the Navy; CEO, (CNAS) Former Commander, U.S. Special H The Honorable Michele Flournoy Operations Command, USN H The Honorable Dov Zakheim Chief Executive Offcer, CNAS Former Former Undersecretary of Defense (CFO) H Ms. Kelly O’Donnell Undersecretary of Defense (Policy) NBC News Each year, RNDF welcomes a bi-partisan Congressional Delegation from the U.S. House and Senate. 3 Previous RNDF Panel Sessions “ The top priority On the Pentagon of the federal H Reforming how the Pentagon does business: government is What does it take to roll back the red tape? the safety of H From the Situation Room: A view of defense from this country.” the White House. H Managing the Pentagon in war time and during sequestration: Are there lessons learned for reforming DoD? H Congress, Industry and the Pentagon: Assessing the relationship. On the Economy H A view of defense from Wall Street. H Rethinking the
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