[Federal Register: October 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 208)]
[Notices]
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COMMISSION ON REVIEW OF OVERSEAS MILITARY FACILITY STRUCTURE OF THE
UNITED STATES
Public Meeting
AGENCIES: Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure
of the United States (Overseas Basing Commission (OSBC)).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, section
552 of title 5 U.S.C., this serves as public notice of a meeting of the
Commission on the Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the
United States. The Commission will meet to receive testimony from
former military experts and members of Congress concerning matters
relating to the overseas military facility structure of the United
States. The OSBC Commission will convene to receive testimony from
three panels. The first panel will be the former Deputy Secretary of
Defense and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Dr. John J.
Hamre; and the former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and U.S. Representative
to Western European Union, Ambassador Robert E. Hunter. The second
panel will be military experts that include General Charles A. Horner,
former Combatant Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command
and U.S. Space Command as well as the Commander of 9th Air Force and
U.S. Central Command Air Force during operations Desert Shield and
Desert Storm; General Montgomery C. Meigs, former Commanding General,
U.S. Army, Europe and 7th Army, and Commander of Multinational
Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina; General Charles T. ``Tony''
Robertson, Jr. former Combatant Commander for U.S. Transportation
Command and Air Mobility Command; and General John H. Tilelli, Jr.
former Combatant Commander of the United Nations Command, Republic of
Korea/United States Combined Forces Korea and President of USO
Worldwide Operations, as well as, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army and
Deputy Chief of Army Operations. The OSBC will continue their discovery
session with a third panel of defense policy experts: Prof. Thomas P.M.
Barnett, Senior Strategic Researcher, U.S. Naval War College; Marcus
Corbin, Senior Analyst at the Center for Defense Information; and
Michael Noonan, research fellow (defense policy) and the National
Security program director for the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
DATE: The meeting will be held on Nov 9, 2004, at 9:00 a.m., local
time.
ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at the United States Senate, Dirksen
Senate Office Building, Room SD138, 1st and C Streets, NE, Washington,
DC. Security procedures at the Dirksen Senate Office Building may
require inspection of purses, packages, screening of individuals, and
presentation of a valid individual identification document. The
building is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wade Nelson, Public Affairs, at
(708) 204-0711.
Public Participation: Members of the general public wishing to
address the Commission may submit their comments in writing to the
Commission at the time of the meeting. Supplementary Information: The
Commission is established by Public Law 108-132 to provide Congress and
the President with a thorough study and review of matters relating to
the military facility structure overseas. The law requires the report
to include a proposal for an overseas basing strategy to meet current
and future DoD missions.
Dated: October 22, 2004.
Patricia J. Walker,
Executive Director, Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility
Structure of the United States
[FR Doc. 04-24070 Filed 10-27-04; 8:45 am]