Joint Chief Chair Richard Myers; Heads of Army, Navy and Airforce to Speak at Conf. on National Security and Iraq Dec. 2-3

Cambridge, MA. -- Against the backdrop of the increasingly dangerous situation in Iraq, Gen. Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will deliver an address on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at a timely conference on national security and Iraq to be held in Washington, D.C.

The two-day conference, "Security Planning and Military Transformation After Iraqi Freedom," will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 2 and Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2003. Three of the five heads of the military services will also speak: Gen. Peter Schoomaker, Army Chief of Staff; Adm. Vernon Clark, Chief of Naval Operations; and, Gen. Michael Hagee, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps.

Other participants include Vice Adm. Thomas Barrett, Vice Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard; John Bolton, Under Secretary of States for Arms Control and International Security; and, Rep. Curt Weldon, Vice Chairman, House Armed Services Committee.

For a complete speakers, dates and times at the conference, please go to: www.ifpafletcherconference.com

The conference is sponsored by the Institute of Foreign Policy Analysis[IFPA] and The Fletcher School at Tufts University, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy and Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

WHEN: Wednesday, Dec. 2 and Thursday, Dec. 3, 2003

WHERE: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Building
Lafayette Square, 1615 H Street NW, Washington, D.C.