Updating Sep 5-6 Roundtable information

Please refer to this post for updates to the primary post announcing the Guam Roundtable, posted July 3, 2013. For more information about the Roundtable, including the updated list of experts participating, please see that post here.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
July 26, 2013 (Guam CST).
The transcript of the House Armed Forces Committee Rebalance hearing is available here.
Thanks to Scott McClean for providing. It is highly recommended reading.

July 25, 2013 (Guam Chamorro Standard Time).
Guam Governor Calvo and Lt. Gov. Tenorio express support for GUASA Roundtable. See announcement here.

Testimony presented to House Armed Forces Committee Rebalance hearing.
See links below to testimonies of:

Dr. Michael Auslin Resident Scholar, Asian Studies and Director, Japanese Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Dr. Patrick Cronin ** Senior Advisor & Senior Director of the Asia Program, Center for a New American Security
Admiral Gary Roughead, USN (ret.) Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution
Dr. James Shinn Lecturer, School of Engineering, Princeton University

**  It should be noted that Dr. Cronin is also a scheduled participant in the Guam Roundtable.

More info at House link here.

House Representatives Forbes, Wittman, Hanabusa and Bordallo send letter to NSA Susan Rice requesting her "to lead an interagency Asia-Pacific Strategy Review." See the letter here.

July 18, 2013.

Guam Congresswoman, Hon. Madeleine Z. Bordallo, has announced that she joins "the Guam-U.S.-Asia Security Alliance (GUASA) in inviting you to attend and participate in the Guam Roundtable on Security in the Western Pacific Region, on September 5-6, in Tumon, Guam." You can read her letter at the link here.

In her letter she says,

"Given the current security situation in the region and the Administration's renewed engagement in the Asia-Pacific, there is no more important or opportune time or place to have this discussion. The United States will be an integral part of the Pacific Century, however much of that initiative will rest on the role that Guam plays. I am honored for the privilege of representing the people of Guam and standing with the people of GUASA to support this important event. I look forward to greeting you on Guam in September for this discussion."

July 18, 2013.

Mr. Scott Mclean of the firm Carter McClean LLC sends word of an upcoming House Armed Forces Committee hearing on the subject "Rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific Region and Implications for U.S. National Security", details at the link here.

Mr. McClean advises "odd as it may seem this will be the first-ever hearing specifically dedicated to the rebalance."

The hearing is set for July 24, 2013 at 10 am.

Guam Roundtable September 5-6, 2013

The Guam-US-Asia Security Alliance (GUASA) is holding a 2 day conference on Guam on 5-6 September titled, U.S. Forward Deployed Forces and Asian Security: A Strategic View.   The Agenda for the 2 day Guam Roundtable is here.

Guam Congresswoman Madeline Z. Bordallo expresses her support for the Guam Roundtable here, and Guam Governor Eddie Baza Calvo expresses his support here.

The conference will feature a roundtable of 10 to 12 invited guest experts.  It will be moderated by panelist Paul S. Giarra.  Confirmed expert participants include:

Hon. Carl W. Ford, Jr.
Hon. Patrick M. Cronin
Dr. Satu Limaye
VADM Timothy (“Tim”) W Wright
Lt.Gen. Wallace “Chip” Gregson
Dr. Stacie L. Pettyjohn
Robin H. “Sak” Sakoda
Randall ("Randy") Schriver
Dr. Alan J. Vick
Timothy ("Tim") A. Walton
Robert Mihalik

No papers will be formally presented.  This will be an open, frank discussion addressing a list of key questions:

… What is the relevance of past military campaigns to today's issues? 
… What do we imagine the future operational concept will look like? 
… What is the strategic depth in the Asia-Pacific region? 
… What are the new operational realities in the region? 
… What is the range of basing options we should consider? 
… Do we anticipate any changes in the way bases are used? 
… What specific role do you foresee for Guam, the Northern Marianas, Micronesia? 

Afterwards, we will prepare a summary report of the discussions to help decision-makers better understand the importance of maintaining a U.S. military presence in Asia.

You can view and download a brochure for this event here.

A current list of Participating Experts and biographies is available here. 

If you care to support or sponsor this event, please see information here. 

If you are interested to attend the Guam Roundtable on September 5-6, 2013, please see the information here.

If you want to register for this September Roundtable, or donate to support our efforts, click here.