Access link: Reagan National Defense Forum - Virtual | The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute (reaganfoundation.org)
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."
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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