National Defense Panel

The National Defense Panel (NDP) ....

Background
In February 1997, Secretary of Defense William Sebastian Cohen appointed the National Defense Panel to "review and make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on the department's ongoing Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).'' In December 1997, the NDP was tasked to "provide an assessment of alternative force structures for the U.S. military through the year 2010." NDP members were selected in consultation with congressional leadership.[

February 1997 Board Member Selections
Also see Biographies of Board Members.


 * Phil Odeen, President, BDM International (defense consulting and research firm)
 * Richard Armitage, former Asst Sec of Defense for Int'l Security Affairs
 * Richard Hearney, former Asst Commandant of the Marine Corps
 * David Jeremiah, former Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
 * Robert M. Kimmitt, managing director of Lehman Brothers
 * Andrew Krepinevich, Director, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
 * James P. McCarthy, former Deputy Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command
 * Janne Nolan, senior fellow, Brookings Institution Foreign Policy Studies program
 * Robert R. RisCassi, former Commander of U.S. Forces in Korea

Related SourceWatch Resources

 * Future Visions for U.S. Defense Policy (1998; 2000)
 * Joint Vision 2010
 * Pax Americana
 * Project for the New American Century