The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence
Visit
to Washington D.C.
March
23 to 28, 2003
The Honourable Colin Kenny, Senator, Chair
(Liberal –
Ontario)
The
Honourable J. Michael Forrestall, Senator, Deputy Chair
(Progressive
Conservative – Nova Scotia)
The Honourable Michael
Meighen, Senator
(Progressive
Conservative – Ontario)
The
Honourable Tommy Banks, Senator
(Liberal
– Alberta)
The
Honourable Jane Cordy, Senator (March
23-25, 2003)
(Liberal
– Nova Scotia)
The
Honourable David Smith, Senator
(Liberal
– Ontario)
Sunday, March 23,
2003
| 6:00
– 7:30 p.m. |
Briefing
Meeting on program |
Monday, March 24,
2003
| 8:00
– 9:30 a.m. |
Mr.
Christopher M. Sands,
Senior Associate, Canada Project, Center for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS) Mr. Andre
Belelieu,
Research Associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) |
| 10:30
– 12 noon |
The
Pentagon – J-5 Conference Room Major General
Michael Dunn |
| 12:30
– 3:30 p.m. |
Bilateral Time |
| 3:30
p.m. |
Depart Hotel |
| 4:00
– 5:00 p.m. |
Dr.
Michael O’Hanlon,
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Sydney Stein, Jr., Chair, The
Brookings Institution, and co-author of Protecting the American
Homeland: One Year On |
| 5:00
p.m. |
End
of Program |
Tuesday,
March 25, 2003
|
8:00
a.m. |
Mr.
Michael F. Kergin,
Canadian Ambassador to the United States |
|
10:00
|
Depart
Hotel for White House |
|
11:00
– 12 noon |
The
White House – Eisenhower Executive Office Building – Room 476 Admiral
Brian Peterman,
Senior Director, Border and Transportation Security, Homeland Security
Council Ms.
Una Brien,
Director, Homeland Security Council Mr.
Chris Hornbarger,
Director, Homeland Security Council Ms.
Lisa Bobbie Schreiber Hughes,
Director Homeland Security Council Mr.
John McGowan,
Director, Homeland Security Council Mr.
John Maisto,
Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council Mr.
Sam Brock,
Director, Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council Representatives
from White House National Security Council |
|
1:00
– 2:00 p.m. |
Mr.
Stephen J. McHale,
Deputy Under Secretary for Transportation Security, Office of Homeland
Security |
|
2:30
– 5:00 p.m. |
Bilateral Time |
|
5:00
p.m. |
End of Program |
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
| 7:15
a.m. |
Depart
Hotel by bus for Capitol Hill |
| 8:00
– 9:30 a.m. |
House
Select Committee on Intelligence The Honourable
Porter Goss,
Chair (R-Florida) The Honourable
Jane Harman,
Ranking Member (D-California) The Honourable
Doug Bereuter,
Vice-Chair (R-Nebraska) The Honourable
Peter Hoekstra
(R-Michigan) The Honourable
Richard Burr
(R-North Carolina) The Honourable
Terry Everett
(R-Alabama) The Honourable
Michael “Mac” Collins
(R-Georgia) The Honourable
Leonard Boswell
(D-Iowa) The Honourable
Robert E. “Bud” Cramer
(D-Alabama) The Honourable
Rush Holt
(D-New Jersey) The Honourable
C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger
(D- Maryland) |
| 10:00
– 11:00 a.m. |
Pennsylvania
Room, 2nd floor, The Mayflower Hotel Ms. Kelly Ryan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration,
US State Department (she was the US negotiator for the safe third country
agreement) Ms. Nan
Kennelly,
Migration Policy Officer, , Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration,
US State Department |
| 11:45
– 1:00 |
CATO
Institute Mr. Gene
Healey,
Senior Editor Mr. Daniel T.
Griswold,
Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies Mr. Patrick
Basham,
Senior Fellow, Center for Representative Government |
| 1:15
– 2:30 p.m. |
Bilateral
Time |
| 2:30
p.m. |
Depart Hotel for Capitol Hill |
| 3:30
– 4:00 p.m. |
Congressional
Northern Border Caucus The Honourable
George R. Nethercutt Jr.,
Co-Chair (R-Washington) The Honourable
Bart Stupak,
Co-Chair (D-Michigan) The Honourable
Mark Soudor,
(R-Indiana) |
| 4:30
p.m. |
End of Program |
Thursday, March 27,
2003
| 7:15
a.m. |
Depart
Hotel by bus for Capitol Hill |
| 8:00
– 9:00 a.m. |
House
Judiciary Committee The Honourable
James Sensenbrenner, Jr.,
Chair (R-Wisconsin) The Honourable
Howard Coble,
Chair, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security (R-North
Carolina) The Honourable
John N. Hostettler,
Chair, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Crime (R-Indiana) The Honourable
Sheila Jackson Lee,
Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Crime
(D-Texas) |
| 9:45
– 11:00 |
Bilateral
Time |
| 11:00
a.m. |
Depart
Hotel for Pentagon |
| 12:00
p.m. – 1:30p.m. |
The
Pentagon – Room 5D 414 The Honorable
Paul F. McHale Jr., Assistant
Secretary for Homeland Defence, Department of Defence Mr. Peter F.
Verga,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defence |
| 3:15
– 4:30 p.m. |
The
Honorable Michael P. Jackson,
Deputy Secretary of Transportation Mr. Jeffrey N.
Shane,
Associate Deputy Secretary Mr. David G.
DeCarme,
Chief, Surface, Maritime and Facilitation Division |
| 5:00
p.m. |
End
of Program |