SENIOR OFFICIALS WHO ADDRESSED LEAGUE ANNUAL MEETINGS
12th Annual Meeting, July 1982 Casper Weinberger, Secretary of Defense (sub for Pres. Reagan)
Chuck Hagel, Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs
13th Annual Meeting, January 1983 National Security Advisor William P. Clark
President Ronald Reagan
14th Annual Meeting, July, 1983 General John W. Vessey, Jr. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of State George Schultz
15th Annual meeting, July 1984 President Ronald Reagan (hosted families-POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the White House)
Harry Walters, Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Senator Robert Byrd, presenting POW/MIA Medal
Mr. George Will
16th Annual Meeting, July 1985 National Security Advisor Robert C. McFarlane
Chairman SFRC Richard Lugar
17th Annual Meeting, July 1986 CJCS ADM William Crowe, USN
Acting Secretary of State Michael Armacost
18th Annual Meeting, July 1987 National Security Advisor LTG Colin Powell, USA
Secretary of State George Schultz
19th Annual Meeting, July 1988 President Ronald Reagan
Vice President George Bush
20th Annual Meeting, July 1989 President George H. W. Bush
Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ed Derwinski
21st Annual Meeting, July 1990 Vice President Dan Quayle
Under Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
22nd Annual Meeting, July 1991 Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney
Under Secretary of State Bob Kimmitt
23rd Annual Meeting, July 1992 President George H. W. Bush
24th Annual Meeting, July 1993 Can't find the program, but think it was NSC Advisor Tony Lake
25th Annual Meeting, July 1994 Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Hershel Gober (Presidential Emissary to SRV)
26th Annual Meeting, July 1995 National Security Advisor Tony Lake
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole
27th Annual Meeting, June 1996 US Army Chief of Staff General Dennis Reimer
28th Annual Meeting, June 1997 Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre
29th Annual Meeting, June 1998 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Togo West
30th Annual Meeting, June 1999` CJCS General Henry Shelton, USA
31st Annual Meeting, June 2000 Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy deLeon
32nd Annual Meeting, June 2001 Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
33rd Annual Meeting, June 2002 Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
34th Annual Meeting, June 2003 PACOM Commander, Admiral Tom Fargo, USN
35th Annual Meeting, June 2004 CJCS General Richard Myer, USAF
36th Annual Meeting, June 2005 Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Nicholson
Mike Green, Sr. Director for Asian Affairs, NSC
37th Annual Meeting, June 2006 Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England
38th Annual Meeting, June 2007 Hon. Michael Marine, US Ambassador to Vietnam
39th Annual Meeting, June 2008 Hon. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
40th Annual Meeting, June 2009 Hon. Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
41st Annual Meeting, June 2010 Hon. James B. Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State
42nd Annual Meeting, June 2011 Gen. James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice-Chair, Joint Chiefs of Staff
43rd Annual Meeting, June 2012 Mr. Joseph Yun, Dep. Asst. Secretary of State, Asia & Pacific Affairs
44th Annual Meeting, June 2013 H.E. Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Ambassador of Vietnam to the U.S.
45th Annual Meeting, June 2014 Senator Joseph Manchin, III (D-WV)
46th Annual Meeting, June 2015 Ambassador Scot Marciel, PDAS for Asian & Pacific Affairs, State Dept
47th Annual Meeting, June 2016 Hon. Robert O. Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Gen. Mark A. Milley, USA, Chief of the Army
HE Pham Quong Vinh, SRV Ambassador to the US
48th Annual Meeting, June 2017 Gen Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong, USAF (Ret) US Chairman, USRJC
The reality is that the level of representation has gone steadily downward since the issue was "regularized" by forming DPMO and removing it from a central policy role that caused the SRV, in particular, to take it seriously. JTF-FA, (now part of DPAA), was at the end of the George H. W. Bush Administration in 1992, NOT 1993 as some try to say and the disastrous “scene” at the League’s 23rd Annual Meeting, staged by anti-government family members when President Bush was a candidate for re-election. President Clinton came into office in 1993.
Interagency (IAG) Policy Panels used to be at the ASD/AS level or a minimum of DASD/DAS and Director of Asian Affairs at the NSC, when Armitage, Wolfowitz, Jim Kelly and others participated, and ASD/ISA Peter Rodman came one year to speak, but not as a Q&A participant.
Finally, the DIA Directors (not listed here) have been a consistent presence at League Annual Meeting since 1979 or so, when LTG Eugene Tighe, USAF, was Director, but especially after Stony Beach was formed, with the League's full support and participation through the IAG.
12th Annual Meeting, July 1982 Casper Weinberger, Secretary of Defense (sub for Pres. Reagan)
Chuck Hagel, Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs
13th Annual Meeting, January 1983 National Security Advisor William P. Clark
President Ronald Reagan
14th Annual Meeting, July, 1983 General John W. Vessey, Jr. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of State George Schultz
15th Annual meeting, July 1984 President Ronald Reagan (hosted families-POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the White House)
Harry Walters, Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Senator Robert Byrd, presenting POW/MIA Medal
Mr. George Will
16th Annual Meeting, July 1985 National Security Advisor Robert C. McFarlane
Chairman SFRC Richard Lugar
17th Annual Meeting, July 1986 CJCS ADM William Crowe, USN
Acting Secretary of State Michael Armacost
18th Annual Meeting, July 1987 National Security Advisor LTG Colin Powell, USA
Secretary of State George Schultz
19th Annual Meeting, July 1988 President Ronald Reagan
Vice President George Bush
20th Annual Meeting, July 1989 President George H. W. Bush
Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ed Derwinski
21st Annual Meeting, July 1990 Vice President Dan Quayle
Under Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
22nd Annual Meeting, July 1991 Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney
Under Secretary of State Bob Kimmitt
23rd Annual Meeting, July 1992 President George H. W. Bush
24th Annual Meeting, July 1993 Can't find the program, but think it was NSC Advisor Tony Lake
25th Annual Meeting, July 1994 Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Hershel Gober (Presidential Emissary to SRV)
26th Annual Meeting, July 1995 National Security Advisor Tony Lake
Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole
27th Annual Meeting, June 1996 US Army Chief of Staff General Dennis Reimer
28th Annual Meeting, June 1997 Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre
29th Annual Meeting, June 1998 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Togo West
30th Annual Meeting, June 1999` CJCS General Henry Shelton, USA
31st Annual Meeting, June 2000 Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy deLeon
32nd Annual Meeting, June 2001 Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
33rd Annual Meeting, June 2002 Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
34th Annual Meeting, June 2003 PACOM Commander, Admiral Tom Fargo, USN
35th Annual Meeting, June 2004 CJCS General Richard Myer, USAF
36th Annual Meeting, June 2005 Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Nicholson
Mike Green, Sr. Director for Asian Affairs, NSC
37th Annual Meeting, June 2006 Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England
38th Annual Meeting, June 2007 Hon. Michael Marine, US Ambassador to Vietnam
39th Annual Meeting, June 2008 Hon. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
40th Annual Meeting, June 2009 Hon. Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
41st Annual Meeting, June 2010 Hon. James B. Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State
42nd Annual Meeting, June 2011 Gen. James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice-Chair, Joint Chiefs of Staff
43rd Annual Meeting, June 2012 Mr. Joseph Yun, Dep. Asst. Secretary of State, Asia & Pacific Affairs
44th Annual Meeting, June 2013 H.E. Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Ambassador of Vietnam to the U.S.
45th Annual Meeting, June 2014 Senator Joseph Manchin, III (D-WV)
46th Annual Meeting, June 2015 Ambassador Scot Marciel, PDAS for Asian & Pacific Affairs, State Dept
47th Annual Meeting, June 2016 Hon. Robert O. Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Gen. Mark A. Milley, USA, Chief of the Army
HE Pham Quong Vinh, SRV Ambassador to the US
48th Annual Meeting, June 2017 Gen Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong, USAF (Ret) US Chairman, USRJC
The reality is that the level of representation has gone steadily downward since the issue was "regularized" by forming DPMO and removing it from a central policy role that caused the SRV, in particular, to take it seriously. JTF-FA, (now part of DPAA), was at the end of the George H. W. Bush Administration in 1992, NOT 1993 as some try to say and the disastrous “scene” at the League’s 23rd Annual Meeting, staged by anti-government family members when President Bush was a candidate for re-election. President Clinton came into office in 1993.
Interagency (IAG) Policy Panels used to be at the ASD/AS level or a minimum of DASD/DAS and Director of Asian Affairs at the NSC, when Armitage, Wolfowitz, Jim Kelly and others participated, and ASD/ISA Peter Rodman came one year to speak, but not as a Q&A participant.
Finally, the DIA Directors (not listed here) have been a consistent presence at League Annual Meeting since 1979 or so, when LTG Eugene Tighe, USAF, was Director, but especially after Stony Beach was formed, with the League's full support and participation through the IAG.
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