Senior Officials who have addressed the Annual Meeting

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.