Events Detail

The Project on National Security Reform

 

and

 

Hudson Institute

 

recently held:

 

Restructuring the U.S. National Security System: Case Studies

 

Date: Monday, Sept. 29, 2008

Time:  2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Location: Hudson Institute

1015 15^th St., N.W., 6^th Floor, Washington, D.C.

 

  

The Case Studies Conference Agenda

 

Click here to watch C-Span's Coverage

 

 

 

2:00 p.m.         Richard Weitz, senior fellow and Director, PNSR Case Studies Working Group, welcomed attendees.

 

 

2:05 p.m.         John McLaughlin, former deputy director of central intelligence and senior fellow at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University, discussed PNSR's recently released Preliminary Findings Report. The report concludes the U.S. national security system needs restructuring to better protect the American people from terrorism and other conflicts.

 

2:20 p.m.         James R. Locher III, PNSR executive director, discussed efforts to get PNSR's upcoming recommendations for an improved national security system approved and implemented, and gave an overview of PNSR's case studies.

 

2:40 p.m.         Question & Answer Session with James Locher and John McLaughlin.

 

                       

3:10 p.m.         Michelle Van Cleave, former national counterintelligence executive, presented her case study: "The NCIX and the National Counterintelligence Mission: What Has Worked, What Has Not, and Why." Q&A session followed.

 

4 p.m.              Richard Weitz discussed his case study:  "Managing U.S.-China Crises." Q&A session followed.

 

 

For more information, please contact Jordan Smith at jordan.smith@pnsr.org

 

PNSR is funded by Congress, foundations and corporations to carry out a comprehensive examination of the U.S. national security system. It will produce a series of recommended reforms for consideration by the next administration. PNSR is located within the Center for the Study of the Presidency, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization and co-sponsor of the Iraq Study Group. For more information, visit www.pnsr.org