U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Hearing on “China’s Proliferation Practices and the Development of its Cyber and Space Warfare Capabilities”
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The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 on “China’s Proliferation Practices and the Development of its Cyber and Space Warfare Capabilities” The hearing will be held in Room 562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, located at 1st Street and Constitution Avenue, NE, Washington DC 20510.
The hearing will examine three topics: China’s proliferation activities, its growing cyber space activities and capabilities, and its growing presence and capabilities in outer space. Witnesses have been asked to discuss China’s recent actions in these three areas, and what these appear to indicate will be China’s objectives and future activities in each dimension.
Scheduled to testify are: Brigadier General Jeffrey C. Horne, Deputy Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S. Strategic Command; Colonel Gary D. McAlum, Director of Operations, Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations, U.S. Strategic Command; Ms. Patricia McNerney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation; Dr. Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Mr. William B. Scott, author and former editor of Aviation Week and Space Technology; Mr. Timothy L. Thomas, analyst in the Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth; Mr. Stephen G. Rademaker, Senior Counsel, BGR Holding, LLC; and Mr. Henry D. Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. A copy of the full agenda is attached.
Hearing Co Chairs: Commissioners Peter Brookes and William Reinsch
What: Public Hearing on “China’s Proliferation Practices, and the Development of its Cyber and Space Warfare Capabilities”
When: Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 10:00 am – 4:30 p.m.
Where: Room 562, Dirksen Senate Office Building, 1st Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington DC 20510
Panelists’ bios and written statements will be available on the Commission’s Web Site at www.uscc.gov on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
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Hearing on “China’s Proliferation Practices and the Development of its Cyber and
Space Warfare Capabilities”
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Room 562, Dirksen Senate Office Building
First Street and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510
As of May 8, 2008
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioners Peter Brookes and William Reinsch
10:00 am - 10:15 am Commissioners' Opening Statements
10:15 am – 10:30 am Panel I: Congressional Perspectives
- Members of Congress (Invited)
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Panel II: PRC Space Capabilities
- Brigadier General Jeffrey C. Horne, Deputy Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, United States Strategic Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
- Dr. Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC
- Mr. William B. Scott, author and former editor of Aviation Week and Space Technology, Colorado Springs, Colorado
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Panel III: PRC Cyber Space Capabilities
- Colonel Gary D. McAlum, Director of Operations, Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations, United States Strategic Command, Arlington, Virginia
- Mr. Timothy L. Thomas, analyst at the Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm Administration Perspective
- Ms. Patricia McNerney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation, Washington, DC
3:15 pm – 4:30 pm Panel IV: China's Proliferation Practices
- The Honorable Stephen G. Rademaker, Senior Counsel, BGR Holding, LLC, Washington, DC
- Mr. Henry D. Sokolski, Executive Director, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Washington, DC
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