Today in DC, US and Japan's foreign and defense minister hold 2+2 talks, U.S. deputy secretary of state John Negroponte is to testify on Capital hill.
12:30 p.m.: Testifies at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on "The Future of Political, Economic and Security Relations with
8 a.m. -- (DEFENSE/INDUSTRY/FORECAST) CONFERENCE -- Jane's Information Group sponsors a conference on "US Defense to 2008 and Beyond: Policy - Programs - Partnerships."
Highlights
William Greenwalt, deputy undersecretary of Defense, discusses "Change with the Defense Department," and Sherman Baldwin, Global Managing Director for Aerospace and Defense at Accenture, discusses "the Challenges to Business."
Jonathan Hoyle, minister of defence materiel, British Defence Staff, Washington, addresses "Developments in the
William Schneider, chairman of the Defense Science Board, talks about "Defense Threats, Requirements and Changing Capabilities."
Michael Pillsbury, consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, discusses "Hedging against a Rising China."
Location: Cosmos Club,
Contact: Matt Taylor, 202-789-2424
9:15 a.m. -- (JAPAN-US/SECURITY) CONFERENCE -- The Heritage Foundation holds its 9th Annual US-Japan Security Strategy Conference: "U.S.-Japan Partnership in Transforming the East Asian Security Environment."
Highlights
Panel 1: Fukushiro Nukaga, Liberal Democratic Party member of parliament and former Minister of State for Defense; Seiji Maehara, Democratic Party of Japan member of parliament; Shigeki Sato, New Komei Party of Japan member of parliament; and William Breer, former deputy chief of mission to Japan, discuss "The U.S.-Japan Bilateral Relationship - Current Status and Issues."
Panel 2: Fukushiro Nukaga, Liberal Democratic Party member of parliament and former Minister of State for Defense; Adm. Dennis Blair, former PACOM commander; and Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center, discuss "Prospects of U.S.-Japan Cooperation in Transforming the Regional Security Environment."
Location: Heritage Foundation,
Contact: 202-675-1752, lectures.seminars@heritage.org
+1 p.m. -- (US-JAPAN/RICE/GATES) EVENT -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates hold a media availability with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Japanese Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma, following a meeting of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee.
Location: State Department,
Contact: 202-647-2492
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