SOC sponsored and attended an ISOA, Worldwide Stability Operations "Changing of the Guard " Breakfast Forum, February 1. The event hosted a lineup of speakers from U.S. Congress and the Defense and State Departments, and USAID. The group discussed the government's priorities and spending for 2017 and beyond. Speakers included:
REP. MARK MEADOWS (R-NC) - House Committees on Foreign Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform— Chairman of the Government Operations Subcommittee, and Transportation & Infrastructure
REP. HENRY CUELLAR (D-TX) - House Committees on: Appropriations for Defense and Homeland Security
DR. RONALD CLARK - Former Deputy Under Secretary at DHS for the National Protection and Programs Directorate
GARY MOTSEK - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for AT&L/Program Support
CATHY READ - Director of Acquisition Management, Department of State
DANIEL RUNDE - Former Senior USAID Official, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies
