SENIOR OFFICIALS WHO ADDRESSED LEAGUE ANNUAL MEETINGS
50th Annual Meeting June 2019 GEN. Mark A. Milley, USA, Chairman Joints Chiefs of Staff
49th Annual Meeting June 2018 Kevin Sweeney, 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, Department of State
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-Chairman, 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 Senator 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 General Richard Myer, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
34th Annual Meeting, June 2003 Admiral Tom Fargo, USN, PACOM Commander
33rd Annual Meeting, June 2002 Deputy Secretary of Defense Hon, Paul Wolfowitz
32nd Annual Meeting, June 2001 Deputy Secretary of Defense Hon, Paul Wolfowitz
31st Annual Meeting, June 2000 Deputy Secretary of Defense Hon, Rudy deLeon
30th Annual Meeting, June 1999` GEN General Henry Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff
29th Annual Meeting, June 1998 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Hon, Togo West
28th Annual Meeting, June 1997 Deputy Secretary of Defense Hon, John Hamre
27th Annual Meeting, June 1996 General Dennis Reimer, US Army Chief of Staff
26th Annual Meeting, July 1995 National Security Advisor Tony Lake Senate Majority Leader Hon, Bob Dole
25th Annual Meeting, July 1994 Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Hon, Hershel Gober (Presidential Emissary to SRV)
24th Annual Meeting, July 1993 NSC Advisor Tony Lake
23rd Annual Meeting, July 1992 Hon George H. W. Bush, President of the U.S.
22nd Annual Meeting, July 1991 Hon Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Hon Bob Kimmitt, Under Secretary of State
21st Annual Meeting, July 1990 Hon Dan Quayle, Vice President of the U.S. Hon Paul Wolfowitz, Under Secretary of Defense
20th Annual Meeting, July 1989 Hon George H. W. Bush, President of the U.S. Hon Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Hon Ed Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
19th Annual Meeting, July 1988 Hon Ronald Reagan, President of the U.S. Hon George W. Bush, Vice President of the U.S.
18th Annual Meeting, July 1987 LTG Colin Powell, USA, National Security Advisor Hon George Schultz, Secretary of State
17th Annual Meeting, July 1986 ADM William Crowe, USN, CJCS Acting Secretary of State Michael Armacost
16th Annual Meeting, July 1985 Robert C. McFarlane, National Security Advisor Senator Richard Lugar, Chairman SFRC
15th Annual meeting, July 1984 Hon Ronald Reagan, President of the U.S. (hosted families-POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the White House) Hon Harry Walters, Administrator of Veterans Affairs Senator Robert Byrd, presenting POW/MIA Medal Mr. George Will
14th Annual Meeting, July, 1983 GEN John W. Vessey, Jr. Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Hon George Schultz, Secretary of State
13th Annual Meeting, January 1983 Hon Ronald Reagan, President of the U.S. William P. Clark, National Security Advisor
12th Annual Meeting, July 1982 Hon Casper Weinberger, Secretary of Defense (sub for Pres. Reagan) Hon 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.