2004 Democratic Party Platform Hearings

Platform Drafting Committee

2004 Democratic National Convention
Platform Drafting Committee Hearing
"Protecting America's National Security"

9:45 a.m., June 5, 2004
Royal Ballroom, Student Union, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS

9:45 a.m. Call to Order by Drafting Committee Chair Congresswoman Rosa Delauro

9:50 a.m. Welcome to Louisiana -- State Party Chair Mike Skinner

10:00 a.m. Hon. Gary Hart

10:40 a.m. William Detweiler, Past National Commander, The American Legion

11:00 a.m. Panel -- Iraq and Its Future

Gen. William Nash, (ret.)

Gen. Johnnie Edward Wilson, (ret.)

Paul Rieckhoff, Operation Iraq Freedom Veteran

Hali Jilani, working with an NGO to help rebuild Iraq

12:00 p.m. LUNCH

1:05 p.m. Panel -- Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Dr. Ash Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project & Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for National Security Policy

Dr. Sidney Drell, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution for War, Peace and Revolution

Robert Einhorn, International Security Program Senior Advisor, CSIS

Rose Gottemoeller, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

2:05 p.m. Panel -- US Relations and the World

Hon. Robert E. Hunter, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO

John Shattuck, CEO, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation & Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor

2:45 p.m. Jeff Smith, Former General Counsel, CIA

3:05 p.m. Panel -- Military Strength

David Autry, Deputy National Director of Communications, Disabled Veterans of America

Michele Flournoy, International Security Program Advisor, CSIS

John White, Chair John F. Kennedy School for Government Middle East Initiative & Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Note: The above schedule is as it happened; Hali Jilani was a late addition.

9:45 a.m.	Call to Order by Drafting Committee Chair Congresswoman Rosa Delauro

9:50 a.m.	Welcome to Louisiana -- State Party Chair Mike Skinner

10:00 a.m.	Hon. Gary Hart

10:40 a.m.	William Detweiler, Past National Commander, The American Legion

11:00 a.m.	Panel -- Iraq and Its Future Gen. William Nash, (ret.) Gen. Johnnie Edward Wilson, (ret.) Paul Rieckhoff, Operation Iraq Freedom Veteran Hali Jilani, working with an NGO to help rebuild Iraq
12:00 p.m.	LUNCH

1:05 p.m.	Panel -- Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction Dr. Ash Carter, Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project & Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for National Security Policy Dr. Sidney Drell, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution for War, Peace and Revolution Robert Einhorn, International Security Program Senior Advisor, CSIS Rose Gottemoeller, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
2:05 p.m.	Panel -- US Relations and the World Hon. Robert E. Hunter, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO John Shattuck, CEO, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation & Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
2:45 p.m.	Jeff Smith, Former General Counsel, CIA

3:05 p.m.	Panel -- Military Strength David Autry, Deputy National Director of Communications, Disabled Veterans of America Michele Flournoy, International Security Program Advisor, CSIS John White, Chair John F. Kennedy School for Government Middle East Initiative & Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.