Speakers & Transcripts
Updated May 19, 2011
Following is an alphabetical list of speakers, along with links to transcripts and slides.
Representative Todd Akin, Chairman, Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee
Mr. Kurt Amend, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
Session 2 transcript || Session 2 Q&A
Gen James Amos, USMC, Commandant
Day 2 luncheon address || Day 2 luncheon slides
Maj Gen (Sel) Juan G. Ayala, USMC, Chief of Staff, U.S. Southern Command
Session 5 transcript || Session 5 slides || Session 5 Q&A
Gen Philip Breedlove, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff
Session 3 transcript || Session 3 slides|| Session 3 Q&A
Mr. Matthew Devost, President and CEO, FusionX
Session 1 transcript || Session 1 slides || Session 1 Q&A
Gen Joseph Dunford, Jr., USMC, Assistant Commandant
Lt Gen George Flynn, USMC, Commander, Marine Corps Combat Development Command (MCCDC)
Session 2 transcript || Session 2 Q&A
Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations
Ambassador John Herbst, Director, Center for Complex Operations, Institute for National Security Studies, National Defense University
Session 2 transcript || Session 2 Q&A
Gen James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.), former U.S. National Security Advisor, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), and former Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
MG Michael D. Jones, USA, Chief of Staff, U.S. Central Command
Session 5 transcript || Session 5 Q&A
Mr. Robert Kaplan, Author and Atlantic Contributor
Session 1 transcript || Session 1 Q&A
Dr. Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., President, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Session 1 transcript || Session 1 Q&A
Dr. Eric J. Labs, Senior Analyst for Naval Forces and Weapons, Congressional Budget Office
Session 4 transcript || Session 4 slides || Session 4 Q&A
Mr. Ron O’Rourke, Senior Analyst for Maritime Forces, Congressional Research Service
Mr. David A. Ochmanek, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development
Session 4 transcript || Session 4 Q&A
ADM Robert J. Papp, Jr., USCG, Commandant of the U.S.Coast Guard
Session 5 transcript || Session 5 Q&A
Senator Jack Reed, Chairman, Subcommittee on Seapower, Senate Armed Services Committee
Opening keynote address transcript
Dr. Richard H. Shultz, Jr., Professor, and Director, International Security Studies Program, the Fletcher School, Tufts University
Session 1 transcript || Session 1 slides || Session 1 Q&A
Lt Gen Duane D. Thiessen, USMC, Commander, U.S. Marine Forces, Pacific
Session 5 transcript || Session 5 Q&A
Mr. Jim Thompson, Deputy Special Representative for Global Partnerships, Global Partnership Initiative, Office of the Secretary of State
Session 2 transcript || Session 2 slides || Session 2 Q&A
LTG Michael A. Vane, USA , Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
Session 3 transcript || Session 3 Q&A
Francis J. "Bing" West, Author and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Session 3 transcript|| Session 3 Q&A
Lt Gen John E. Wissler, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, Marine Corps Headquarters
Session 4 transcript || Session 4 Q&A
The Honorable Robert O. Work, Under Secretary of the Navy