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                                           SENIOR OFFICIALS WHO ADDRESSED LEAGUE ANNUAL MEETINGS

50th Annual Meeting June 2019                      General Mark A. Milley, US Army Chief of Staff 

49th Annual Meeting June 2018                       Kevin Sweeney served as Chief of Staff for Secretary of Defense Mattis 

48th Annual Meeting, June 2017                      Gen Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong, USAF (Ret) US Chairman, USRJC

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

46th Annual Meeting, June 2015                     Ambassador Scot Marciel, PDAS for Asian & Pacific Affairs, State Dept

45th Annual Meeting, June 2014                     Senator Joseph Manchin, III (D-WV)

44th Annual Meeting, June 2013                     H.E. Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Ambassador of Vietnam to the U.S

43rd Annual Meeting, June 2012                     Mr. Joseph Yun, Dep. Asst. Secretary of State, Asia & Pacific Affairs

42nd Annual Meeting, June 2011                    Gen. James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice-Chair, Joint Chiefs of Staff

41st Annual Meeting, June 2010                     Hon. James B. Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State

40th Annual Meeting, June 2009                   Hon. Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

39th Annual Meeting, June 2008                   Hon. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)

38th Annual Meeting, June 2007                   Hon. Michael Marine, US Ambassador to Vietnam

37th Annual Meeting, June 2006                   Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England

36th Annual Meeting, June 2005                   Secretary of Veterans Affairs James Nicholson
                                                                             Mike Green, Sr. Director for Asian Affairs, NSC

35th Annual Meeting, June 2004                   CJCS General Richard Myer, USAF

34th Annual Meeting, June 2003                   PACOM Commander, Admiral Tom Fargo, USN

33rd Annual Meeting, June 2002                   Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz

32nd Annual Meeting, June 2001                  Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz

31st Annual Meeting, June 2000                   Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy deLeon

30th Annual Meeting, June 1999`                  CJCS General Henry Shelton, USA

29th Annual Meeting, June 1998                   Secretary of Veterans Affairs Togo West

28th Annual Meeting, June 1997                   Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre

27th Annual Meeting, June 1996                   US Army Chief of Staff General Dennis Reimer

26th Annual Meeting, July 1995                    National Security Advisor Tony Lake
                                                                            Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole

25th Annual Meeting, July 1994                    Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Hershel Gober (Presidential                                                                                                                           Emissary to SRV)

24th Annual Meeting, July 1993                    Can't find the program, but think it was NSC AdvisorTony Lake

23rd Annual Meeting, July 1992                    President George H. W. Bush

22nd Annual Meeting, July 1991                  Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney
                                                                           Under Secretary of State Bob Kimmitt

21st Annual Meeting, July 1990                   Vice President Dan Quayle
                                                                           Under Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz

20th Annual Meeting, July 1989                  President George H. W. Bush
                                                                          Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney
                                                                          Secretary of Veterans Affairs Ed Derwinski

19th Annual Meeting, July 1988                 President Ronald Reagan
                                                                         Vice President George Bush

18th Annual Meeting, July 1987                National Security Advisor LTG Colin Powell, USA
                                                                        Secretary of State George Schultz

17th Annual Meeting, July 1986                CJCS ADM William Crowe, USN
                                                                        Acting Secretary of State Michael Armacost

16th Annual Meeting, July 1985               National Security Advisor Robert C. McFarlane
                                                                       Chairman SFRC Richard Lugar             
      
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

14th Annual Meeting, July, 1983              General John W. Vessey, Jr. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
                                                                       Secretary of State George Schultz

13th Annual Meeting, January 1983        National Security Advisor William P. Clark
                                                                       President Ronald Reagan

12th Annual Meeting, July 1982               Casper Weinberger, Secretary of Defense (sub for Pres. Reagan)
                                                                       Chuck Hagel, Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs

                       
 
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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