Ms. Claude-France Arnould, EDA's Chief Executive, visits Washington this week.
Ms. Arnould meets officials the US Department of Defense: Mr. Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; Mr. James J. Townsend, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy; Mr. Frank Kendall, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics; and Mr. Alfred Volkman, Director International Cooperation, AT&L.
At the US Department of Commerce, Ms. Arnould will meet the Under Secretary of Commerce, Eric L. Hirschhorn.
Ms. Arnould also debriefs the EU defence attachés in the course of this trip.
EDA’s Chief Executive will meet Ms. Tina Kaidanow, US Department of State’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs. She will also meet Ms. Marion Blakey, President and CEO of the Aerospace Industry Associations, and some industry representatives.
Ms. Arnould will have some speaking engagements. On 15 September, she speaks at the Brookings Institution, on “Toward Stronger European Defense Capabilities: A Discussion with European Defence Agency”. On 16 September, she meets Mr. John J. Hamre, CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and she participates in a roundtable discussion with CSIS experts on “Transatlantic Defence cooperation”. On 19 September, Ms. Arnould addresses “Improving Transatlantic Defence Capabilities in an Age of Austerity” at the European Institute.