Mr. WEBB. Policies with respect to women in the Guard and Reserve directly mirror those of the active services. These policies have been implemented in their entirety. My primary interest has been to ensure that women in the National Guard and Reserve are provided equal opportunity for advancement and career development. I have ensured that my office is deeply involved in women's issues, and I appointed a member of my staff to work with and support the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS). I supported the Navy's legislative proposal, enacted last year, to remove gender based discrimination in the sea services for promotion to flag rank. In addition, my office was instrumental in the inclusion of data on reserve women in the publication "Military Women in the Department of Defense."

In addition, I have personally recruited and hired a number of women to serve on important positions on my staff. These include one of my senior budget analysts, a GS-15; my senior research assistant, who served 4 years active duty in the Air Force, was a Presidential Management Intern, and currently serves as a Captain in the Air Force Reserve; a senior manpower analyst, a Naval Reserve TAR who was the first female TAR to command reserve line units in Oakland; and a second senior manpower analyst, an Army lieutenant colonel.

[Whereupon, at 6:30 p.m., the nomination hearing was adjourned.]

[The nomination of James H. Webb, Jr., was reported to the Senate by Senator John W. Warner on April 8, 1987, with the recommendation that the nomination be confirmed. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate on April 9, 1987.]

NOMINATION OF GEN. JOHN R. GALVIN TO THE POSITION OF SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER EUROPE, AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. EUROPEAN COMMAND

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1987

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES,

Washington, DC.

The committee met in open session, pursuant to notice, at 3:45 p.m., in room SR-222, Russell Senate Office Building, Senator Sam Nunn (chairman) presiding.

Present: Senators Nunn, Exon, Levin, and Warner.

Staff present: Arnold L. Punaro, staff director; Romie L. Brownlee, deputy minority staff director; Patrick A. Tucker, minority counsel; Andrew S. Effron, counsel; Christine C. Dauth, chief clerk; Robert E. Bayer, Robert G. Bell, Richard D. Finn, Jr., William E. Hoehn, Jr., Ronald P. Kelly, T. Kirk McConnell, and Norman G. Mosher, professional staff members; Pamela G. Powell, staff assistant.

Also present: Jeffrey B. Subko, assistant to Senator Exon; Greg Weaver, assistant to Senator Levin; Milton D. Beach, assistant to Senator Glenn; William J. Wight, assistant to Senator Warner; Alan Ptak, assistant to Senator Gramm; and Patrick A. Putignano, assistant to Senator McCain.

OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR SAM NUNN, CHAIRMAN Chairman NUNN. The hearing will come to order.

General Galvin, we are delighted to have you with us today. I deeply apologize for having kept you waiting all this time but, as you know, we have just heard a briefing that took longer than expected.

The Armed Services Committee meets this afternoon to conduct a hearing on the nomination of Gen. John Galvin to be Commander in Chief of the U.S. European Command or "CINCEUR." Unfortunately, the Iran/Contras Committee is holding a hearing upstairs at this very moment; therefore, I will have to leave after a short period of time.

The Armed Services Committee is very interested in what I consider to be one of the most important positions in our entire military command.

I would like to make it clear that the position to which the Senate has been asked for its advice and consent on Gen. John Galvin is a four-star position of Commander in Chief of the U.S. European Command.

By historical practice, however, the U.S. military officer who serves as CINCEUR has also been appointed by the NATO alliance to be its Supreme Allied Commander or SACEŬR.

Therefore, the position to which the President has nominated General Galvin is extremely important to the security not only of the United States but of Western Europe as well.

If General Galvin is confirmed he would assume his new position at a very significant time in the history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The ongoing arms control negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union, as we all know, have very serious implications for the nuclear and conventional defense of our NATO alliance.

The alliance's senior military commander will be responsible for leading the alliance in building an effective deterrent in the wake of any arms control agreements that might be reached.

As much as we will welcome General Galvin to his new position, I must again repeat that we will all miss his predecessor, General Rogers. I have spoken in public many times about my deep respect and admiration for General Rogers, his leadership, and his candid, frank, and honest advice.

I am sure that all the members of this committee join me in looking forward to a similar relationship with General Galvin, a man we already know well. We have known him for a long time, and we have deep admiration for him.

General Galvin, you have achieved an impressive record of military service and you are certainly well prepared for this new assignment. I remember General "Shy" Meyer's comments to me when you took over as the commanding general of the 24th Infantry Division at Fort Stewart.

I believe that was in 1982?

General Galvin. Yes, Senator. 1982.

Chairman NUNN. 1982. General Meyer then stated that he felt you were one of the best thinkers in the United States Army on many subjects, including military strategy.

Certainly that overall viewpoint of General Meyer's has been confirmed by your outstanding record.

Chairman NUNN. Senator Warner, do you have any remarks? Senator WARNER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I certainly want to associate myself with your remarks as they apply to General Rogers, who appeared before this committee throughout the 8 years that I have been privileged to be a member.

We have great admiration for him. I am sure that his successor will equal the contributions that General Rogers made.

I congratulate you, General, on this nomination. It comes about by virtue of an extraordinary record through many years of service to this Nation. The chairman's views and observations on arms control I share.

You will at some point in your career take over, perhaps in the wake of an agreement, hopefully one that is equally balanced an verifiable. But it may well place a burden on you to oversee the readjustment of priorities, particularly the priorities in terms of our weapons.

And also you will participate in the question of how we, in the face of a potential reduction of nuclear forces, continue to maintain

the doctrine of flexible response and what weapons may be needed. I will have questions on that later.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Chairman NUNN. Senator Dixon has a prepared statement which will be inserted at this point.

[The prepared statement of Senator Dixon follows:]

PREPARED STATEMENT OF SENATOR ALAN J. DIXON

Mr. Chairman, we meet today to consider the nomination of Gen. John R. Galvin to be the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and Commander in Chief, United States European Command.

General Galvin is an excellent choice to assume command of the NATO forces. He just recently completed a tour as Commander of Southern Command, and he would assume command at a time when our military faces a difficult time regarding readiness and sustainability.

A major question we all face today is this: Do our country's international commitments exceed our capabilities to fulfill all of them simultaneously? I will be interested in hearing from General Galvin regarding whether we should be taking a hard look at this question with our NATO allies and whether we should be redefining our international commitments.

Mr. Chairman, I will support the nomination of General Galvin.

Chairman NUNN. General Galvin, I am going to have to apologize in advance again, because I am 2 hours late for hearings upstairs on the Iranian Contra matter. So I am going to leave Senator Exon in charge here.

One thing about confirmation hearings. The absence of Senators is extremely good news for the prospective nominee. When everyone shows up for a confirmation, you know you've got a lot of trouble.

We all have a very high regard for you. I know Senator Exon will have a number of questions, and I will be following the answers to those questions. And the next time you appear before us it will be with everyone on schedule, and we will have a chance to go into it.

But I am confident that your confirmation will be accepted well by the Senate, and you will be confirmed by both the committee and the Senate in due order.

We hope to move it with dispatch, unless the Exon questions and rigorous cross-examination reveal something that we do not know this afternoon. I think we can move expeditiously.

Not being a lawyer, Senator Exon probably will not be too rigorous in his cross-examination.

Senator EXON. I will be thoughtful at least.

Senator WARNER. I will also return shortly.

Chairman NUNN. Let me see if General Galvin wants to make a statement before we go. You may want to say something in particular.

Senator EXON. I assume he would like to make an opening statement.

Chairman NUNN. I would like to be here for that.

[The nomination reference of Gen. John R. Galvin, follows:]