Defense Reform Consensus: The Left and the Right Agree It's Past Time to Act

Defense Reform Consensus:
The Left and the Right Agree It's Past Time to Act

Thursday, May 14, 2015 | 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM, EDT | Russell 325 | RSVP

Modernizing and streamlining reforms are required regardless of the size of the defense budget. The question should not be "why?" but "how?"

Please join a bipartisan group of DC's leading national security scholars and members of Congress as they discuss necessary and overdue structural defense reforms, including military compensation, infrastructure reduction, and the size and makeup of the Pentagon's civilian workforce. This diverse and bipartisan group agrees on these common-sense fixes to long-term challenges at the Defense Department; problems that if unresolved will threaten our national security.

For more information on the open letter and a list of the signatories, please see below.

Remarks: 
Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman, House Committee on Armed Services
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), Ranking Member, House Committee on Armed Services 

Panelists:

Phillip Carter, Center for a New American Security 
Ryan Crotty, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Janine Davidson, Council on Foreign Relations
Mackenzie Eaglen, American Enterprise Institute
Todd Harrison, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Lawrence Korb, Center for American Progress
Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution

What:
A discussion on the necessity of structural reforms at the Pentagon.

Where:
Russell 325, Kennedy Caucus Room 
Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20002 

When:
May 14, 8:30 to 10:00am; breakfast will be served.

RSVP:
Click here to RSVP 

List of Signatories 
Gordon Adams, Stimson Center
David Adesnik, Foreign Policy Initiative
David Barno, American University
Michael Breen, Truman National Security Project
Shawn Brimley, Center for a New American Security
Nora Bensahel, American University
Barry Blechman, Stimson Center
Mark Cancian, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Phillip Carter, Center for a New American Security
Derek Chollet, German Marshall Fund
Bryan Clark, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Ryan Crotty, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Janine Davidson, Council on Foreign Relations
Thomas Donnelly, American Enterprise Institute
Mackenzie Eaglen, American Enterprise Institute
Paul Eaton, National Security Network
Eric Edelman, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Mieke Eoyang, Third Way
Michèle Flournoy, Center for a New American Security
Christopher Griffin, Foreign Policy Initiative
Mark Gunzinger, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Todd Harrison, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Jerry Hendrix, Center for a New American Security
Kathleen Hicks, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Tim Kane, Hoover Institution
Lawrence Korb, Center for American Progress
Andrew Krepinevich, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Maren Leed, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Robert Martinage, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Evan Montgomery, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Clark Murdock, Center for Strategic and International Studies 
Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution
Paul Scharre, Center for a New American Security
John Stillion, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Jim Thomas, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Jan van Tol, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Dov Zakheim, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Roger Zakheim, American Enterprise Institute