The FY2017 Defense Budget and Strategic Outlook

Please join the CSIS International Security Program for a half-dayDefense360conference on the recently released FY2017 defense budget request and strategic priorities. In the first session, Mike McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Dr. Jamie Morin, CAPE Director, and Robert Scher, ASD for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, will discuss the president’s FY17 defense budget and the strategic calculus behind it. This session will be followed by a panel of experts that will provide commentary and assessment on defense strategy, the budget and their connectivity.

Featuring opening remarks at 9am by:Dr. John HamreCSIS President and CEOWith a discussion from 9am-10:30am among:

Mike McCordUnder Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Jamie MorinDirector, Cost Assessment and Program EvaluationRobert ScherAssistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans and Capabilities

Followed by a panel discussion from 10:30am-11:30am among:

Tina JonasFormer Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Adviser, CSIS

Andrew HunterDirector, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSISMark CancianSenior Adviser, International Security Program, CSIS

Shawn BrimleyExecutive Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for a New American Security

Roger ZakheimVisiting Fellow, American Enterprise InstituteBoth sessions moderated by:Todd HarrisonDirector, Defense Budget Analysis andSenior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS

This event is made possible by general support to CSIS.

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