May 13, 2009

Senior Administration officials to join a top-level board of recently retired admirals and generals as they present findings of a year-long study on the national security risks and military impacts of U.S. dependence on fossil fuel, the fragile electrical grid and impacts of climate change.

WHAT:
MEDIA EVENT: RELEASE of NEW REPORT "Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security"

WHO:
Honorable Ashton Carter, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
Honorable Doug Hengel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Energy
General Chuck Wald USAF (Ret.), CNA Military Advisory Board Chair, former Deputy Commander, Headquarters U.S. European Command

CNA Military Advisory Board (MAB) members:

• General Ronald Keys, USAF (Ret.), former Commander of Air Combat Command
• Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.), former Commander of the U.S. Third Fleet, and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Warfare Requirements and Programs
• Admiral John Nathman, USN (Ret.), former Vice Chief of Naval Operations
• General Gordan Sullivan, USA (Ret.), former U.S. Army Chief of Staff
• Vice Admiral Richard Truly, USN (Ret.), former Space Shuttle Commander and Director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Ms. Sherri Goodman, MAB executive director, CNA general counsel; former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security

WHEN:
10:00 a.m. EST Monday, May 18, 2009

WHERE:
The Newseum, 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC Eighth floor conference center (use 6th Street entrance "Freedom Forum")

CONTACT:
Connie Custer custerc@cna.org O: 703-824-2100 C: 703-585-6827
Steve Hirsh s.hirsh@verizon.net C: 202-441-1516

The full report will be available Monday at www.PoweringAmericasDefense.org.
The Military Advisory Board's landmark 2007 study on the national security threats of climate change is available at www.cna.org