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Today's Events
*** Question Time
Blair, Tony, Prime Minister, Labour, United Kingdom, Sedgefield
Prime Minister Blair responds to questions from members of his party and the opposition.
*** Detainees Operation
Skelton, Ike, U.S. Representative, D-MO Hunter, Duncan, U.S. Representative, R-CA Hood, Jay, Brigadier General, Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Detainee Task force Mendez, Anthony, Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army
The House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on detainee operations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
**** Armed Services Nominations
Warner, John W., U.S. Senator, R-VA Levin, Carl, U.S. Senator, D-MI Pace, Peter, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Giambastiani, Edmund P. Jr., Commander in Chief, U.S. Joint Forces Command Stanley, Daniel R., Principal Dep. Asst. Secretary, Department of Defense, Legislative Affairs Moseley, Michael, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force Rispoli, James A., Director, Department of Energy, Office of Engineering and Construction Management Edelman, Eric S., Ambassador, United States, Turkey
The Senate Armed Services Committee meets to consider the nomination of General Peter Pace, USMC for reappointment to the grade of general and to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., USN for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and General T. Michael Moseley, USAF for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff of the Air Force. Then they will consider Ambassador Eric S. Edelman to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Mr. Daniel R. Stanley to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs; and Mr. James A. Rispoli to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management.
*** U.S. Passport System
Lieberman, Joseph, U.S. Senator, D-CT Collins, Susan M., U.S. Senator, R-ME Moss, Frank, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of State, Passport Services Bucella, Donna, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Terrorist Screening Center Ford, Jess, Director, Government Accountability Office, International Affairs and Trade
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee holds a hearing on how vulnerabilities in the U.S. passport system can be exploited by criminals and terrorists.
*** Senate Session
*** House Session
*** Situation in Iraq
Hoyer, Steny H., U.S. Representative, D-MD Pelosi, Nancy, U.S. Representative, D-CA Menendez, Robert, U.S. Representative, D-NJ
Following a meeting of the Democratic Caucus, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer(D-MD) and Democratic Caucus Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) hold a news conference on the situation in Iraq and President Bush's speech at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
*** War Powers
Sasser, James, Ambassador, United States, China Rice, Susan E., Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Koh, Harold Hongju, Dean, Yale University, Law School
*** Weather Disasters
Mayfield, Max, Director, National Hurricane Center Nelson, Benjamin, U.S. Senator, D-NE DeMint, Jim, U.S. Senator, R, South Carolina
The Disaster Prevention and Prediction Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee holds a hearing on how effective the National Weather Service is at predicting the impact of severe storms and what can be done to increase their accuracy. They also review how communities and individuals can improve the resistance of built infrastructure to natural disasters triggered by severe storms.
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