10Th Annual Conference of Military Reporters and Editors Association, Oct. 18-19, 2012, Washington, D.C.
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Thursday, Oct.18, 2012, Northwestern University’s Medill News Service, 1325 G St. N.W.
2:00-5:30: Professional Development Seminar: Defense Budget 101
- Pat Towell, defense budget specialist, Congressional Research Service
- Todd Harrison, senior fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and author of “The Fiscal Year 2013 Defense Budget: Continuity or Change?”
- Sharon Pickup, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, U.S. Government Accountability Office
- Winslow Wheeler, Director, Straus Military Reform Project, Center for Defense Information, and editor of The Pentagon Labyrinth
- Moderator: Otto Kreisher, AOL Defense, MRE Treasurer
6:30-8:30: The Road to the White House: A Debate
- Michele Flournoy, former Undersecretary of Defense for policy, and senior adviser to Obama-Biden 2012
- Dov Zakheim, former Undersecretary of Defense (comptroller), and adviser to Romney-Ryan 2012
- Moderator: Bryan Bender, Boston Globe, President, MRE
Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, Rayburn House Office Building, Gold Room, 43 Independence Ave., S.W.
8:00-9:00: Registration and Coffee
Session One: Two Views From Inside the Military Services
9:00-10:00: Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, assistant vice chief of staff, U.S. Air Force
10:00-11:00 Lt. Gen. John Wissler, Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, U.S. Marine Corps
Session Two: The National Guard: Prospects and Politics
11:10-12:10 Panel discussion with
- Heather Hogsett, director of health and homeland security, National Governors Association
- Will Goodman, chief military policy advisor, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), co-chair of the Senate National Guard Caucus
- Albert A. Robbert III, senior policy researcher, RAND Corporation
- Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall, Senior Enlisted Advisor for the National Guard
- Moderator: Amy McCullough, Air Force Magazine
12:10-12:30 MRE Awards/Lunch
12:30-1:30: Keynote Address: Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Chief of Staff, United States Army
1:30-1:35 BREAK
Session Three: A New Generation of Veterans: Costs and Consequences
1:35-2:45: Panel discussion with
- Danny Pummill of Department of Veterans Affairs
- Dr. Susan S. Kelly, Principal Director, DoD Transition to Veterans Program Office
2:50-4:10 Panel discussion with
- Linda J. Bilmes, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, and member of U.S. Department of Labor Advisory Board on Veterans Employment
- Holly Petraeus, Assistant Director for the Office of Servicemember Affairs, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Kevin M. Schmiegel, vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Congress, Executive Director, Hiring Our Heroes
- Moderator: Otto Kreisher, AOL Defense
4:15-4:20 Break
SESSION THREE: The War in Afghanistan: The Second Decade
4:20 – 5:30 Panel Discussion:
- Robert A. Pape, professor of political science at University of Chicago and author of Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It
- Jeffrey Dressler, senior researcher on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the Institute for the Study of War, and author of The Haqqani Network: A Strategic Threat
- Mahtab Farid, public diplomacy officer for Afghanistan, U.S. Department of State, 2009-2012, serving in Ghazni and Bagram provinces
- Moderator: Don North, MRE Board Member
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