[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 208 (Thursday, October 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 62873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24070]


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COMMISSION ON REVIEW OF OVERSEAS MILITARY FACILITY STRUCTURE OF THE 
UNITED STATES


Public Meeting

AGENCIES: Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure 
of the United States (Overseas Basing Commission (OSBC)).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, section 
552 of title 5 U.S.C., this serves as public notice of a meeting of the 
Commission on the Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure of the 
United States. The Commission will meet to receive testimony from 
former military experts and members of Congress concerning matters 
relating to the overseas military facility structure of the United 
States. The OSBC Commission will convene to receive testimony from 
three panels. The first panel will be the former Deputy Secretary of 
Defense and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Dr. John J. 
Hamre; and the former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and U.S. Representative 
to Western European Union, Ambassador Robert E. Hunter. The second 
panel will be military experts that include General Charles A. Horner, 
former Combatant Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command 
and U.S. Space Command as well as the Commander of 9th Air Force and 
U.S. Central Command Air Force during operations Desert Shield and 
Desert Storm; General Montgomery C. Meigs, former Commanding General, 
U.S. Army, Europe and 7th Army, and Commander of Multinational 
Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina; General Charles T. ``Tony'' 
Robertson, Jr. former Combatant Commander for U.S. Transportation 
Command and Air Mobility Command; and General John H. Tilelli, Jr. 
former Combatant Commander of the United Nations Command, Republic of 
Korea/United States Combined Forces Korea and President of USO 
Worldwide Operations, as well as, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army and 
Deputy Chief of Army Operations. The OSBC will continue their discovery 
session with a third panel of defense policy experts: Prof. Thomas P.M. 
Barnett, Senior Strategic Researcher, U.S. Naval War College; Marcus 
Corbin, Senior Analyst at the Center for Defense Information; and 
Michael Noonan, research fellow (defense policy) and the National 
Security program director for the Foreign Policy Research Institute.

DATE: The meeting will be held on Nov 9, 2004, at 9:00 a.m., local 
time.

ADDRESS: The meeting will be held at the United States Senate, Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, Room SD138, 1st and C Streets, NE, Washington, 
DC. Security procedures at the Dirksen Senate Office Building may 
require inspection of purses, packages, screening of individuals, and 
presentation of a valid individual identification document. The 
building is physically accessible to people with disabilities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Wade Nelson, Public Affairs, at 
(708) 204-0711.
    Public Participation: Members of the general public wishing to 
address the Commission may submit their comments in writing to the 
Commission at the time of the meeting. Supplementary Information: The 
Commission is established by Public Law 108-132 to provide Congress and 
the President with a thorough study and review of matters relating to 
the military facility structure overseas. The law requires the report 
to include a proposal for an overseas basing strategy to meet current 
and future DoD missions.

    Dated: October 22, 2004.
Patricia J. Walker,
Executive Director, Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility 
Structure of the United States
[FR Doc. 04-24070 Filed 10-27-04; 8:45 am]
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