Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

A National Security Crisis: Foreign Language Capabilities in the Federal Government

Date: May 21, 2012
Time: 2:30pm
Location: Room 342, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Witnesses

Panel I

Laura

Junor, Ph.D.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness

U.S. Department of Defense

Panel I

Ms.

Tracey

North

Deputy Assistant Director, Intelligence Operations Branch, Directorate of Intelligence

Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice

Panel I

Mr.

Glen

Nordin

Principal Foreign Language and Area Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Intelligence

U.S. Department of Defense (Representing the Director of National Intelligence)

Panel I

The Honorable

Eduardo

Ochoa

Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education

U.S. Department of Education

Panel I

The Honorable

Linda

Thomas- Greenfield

Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources

U.S. Department of State

Panel II

Mr.

Andrew

Lawless

Member of the Globalization and Localization Association and Chief Executive Officer

Dig-IT Strategies for Content Globalization

Panel II

Allan

Goodman, Ph.D.

Member of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Task Force on U.S. Education Reform and National Security and President of the Institute for International Education

Panel II

Daniel

Davidson, Ph.D.

President of American Councils for International Education and Elected President of the Joint National Committee for Languages

Panel III

Ms.

Shauna

Kaplan

5th Grade Student, Providence Elementary School

Fairfax County, Virginia

Panel III

Ms.

Paula

Patrick

Coordinator of World Languages

Fairfax County Public Schools

Panel III

Ms.

Michelle

Dressner

2010 Participant, National Security Language Initiative for Youth Program

Panel III

Mr.

Jeffrey

Wood

2010 Participant, National Security Language Initiative for Youth Program