ABOUT REAGAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORUM
Attendees include:
- Defense community
- Members of Congress
- Current and former Administration officials
- Senior military leadership
- Industry executives
- Technology innovators
- Thought leaders.
Mission:
"Review and assess policies that strengthen America’s national defense in the context of the global threat environment. RNDF offers the defense community a chance to come together to discuss and debate how the United States can lead the world in an era of increasingly complex challenges and opportunities."
2022 Agenda 2022_rndf_agenda.pdf (reaganfoundation.org)
Honorary Steering Committe
The Reagan National Defense Forum’s Honorary Steering Committee is a distinguished group of bipartisan former officials who provide valuable insight, guidance, and support for the RNDF vision and programming.
- Congressman Adam Smith (D) Honorary Co-Chairman WA
- Congressman Mike Rogers (R) Honorary Co-Chairman IN
- Senator James M. Inhofe (R) IA
- Senator Jack Reed (D) RI
- The Honorable Howard “Buck” McKeon (R) CA - retired
- The Honorable Sam Nunn (D) GA - retired
- The Honorable Robert Gates - (R)
- 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. Originally appointed by President Bush he continued under President Obama, making him only SOD under two Presidents.
- The Honorable Leon Panetta (D)
- Former White House Chief of Staff 1994 to 1997
- 23rd United States Secretary of Defense from 2011 to 2013
- The Honorable Chuck Hagel (R)
- 24th United States Secretary of Defense from 2013 to 2015
- The Honorable Ash Carter - (D)
- 25th United States Secretary of Defense 2015 -2017 & 1993-1996 as Assistant Secretary of defense. note
- Mr. Carter passed away October 25, 2022.
- The Honorable Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. (R)
- Reagan Foundation & Institute Chairman
- Publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post
- Chief of staff President Reagan from 1989 to 1995
- The Honorable Pete Wilson - (R)
- Reagan Foundation & Institute Trustee
- Governor of CA
- The Honorable Duncan L. Hunter (R)
- Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee during 108th & 109th Congress 2003-2007
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. It has to be fought for and defended by each generation.” Ronald Reagan,
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