Social Sciences
IRAN SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATIONS
7/29- 10:00am, 2154 Rayburn House Office Bldg., House Oversight and Government Reform Full Committee hearing on "Implementation of Iran Sanctions," focusing on efforts to discourage companies from doing business with Iran while the country continues to attempt to develop nuclear weapons and support terrorism. Witnesses: Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, Partner, Covington and Burling LLP; Joseph Christoff, Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office; Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW
7/29- 10:00am, 2118 Rayburn House Office Bldg., House Armed Services Full Committee hearing on "Final Report of the Independent Panel's Assessment of the Quadrennial Defense Review." Witnesses: William Perry, Former Defense Secretary; Stephen Hadley, Co-Chairman, Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel.
NEW STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TREATY
7/29 ? 9:30am, G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Senate Armed Services Committee Full committee hearing on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Witnesses: Hon. Rose E. Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Department of State; Edward L. Warner III, Secretary of Defense Representative to Post-START Negotiations, Department of Defense.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES
7/29 ? 2:30pm, 342 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee hearing on "Closing the Language Gap: Improving the Federal Government's Foreign Language Capabilities." Witnesses: David Maurer, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Team, Government Accountability Office; Jeff Neal, Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Homeland Security; Nancy Weaver, Director, Defense Language Office, Defense Department; David Chu, former Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness; Richard Brecht, Executive Director, Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland; Daniel Davidson, President, Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Councils for Languages and International Studies.
Note: The House of Representatives goes on recess on Friday July 30 and will not return until September 14.
- Congressional Hearings This Week
Click on links to view hearing or read testimony. TSUNAMI GENERATED MARINE DEBRIS5/17 ? 10:30am, 253 Russell Senate Office Building. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee hearing...
- Engaging Asia
This week ends with one hearing and two programs on that status of US policy toward Asia. Next Steps in Engaging the Asia-Pacific Region was the topic of Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell's speech to...
- China's Currency
This week's big discussion in Washington is China?s currency. There will be two hearings held by the House Ways & Means Committee and one at the Senate Finance Committee. Prior to the hearings, the Heritage Foundation held a seminar examining...
- Pedaling Peril
In March, the US Government Accountability Office issued it report on Firms Reported in Open Sources as Having Commercial Activity in Iran's Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Sectors [GAO-10-515R March 23, 2010]. The report noted the following companies...
- Congressional Hearing On Us-japan Relations
U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS: ENDURING TIES, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS3/17 ? 2:30pm, 2172 Rayburn House Office Building. House Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment hearing on ?.? Witnesses: Mr. Joseph R. Donovan, Jr., Principal...
Social Sciences
Hearings on the Hill
JAPAN'S RECENT SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS
7/27 ? 10:00am, 2118 Rayburn House Office Bldg., House Armed Services Committee Full committee hearing on "Japan: Recent Security Developments." Witnesses: Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Wallace Gregson, Assistant Defense Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs; Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, Assistant Secretary of the Navy For Energy, Installations, And Environment.
UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
7/27 ? 9:30am, 2172 Rayburn House Office Bldg., House Foreign Affairs Committee International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight Subcommittee hearing on "Achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals: Progress through Partnerships." Witnesses: Kathy Calvin, Chief Executive Officer, United Nations Foundation; John McArthur, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Promise; Scott C. Ratzan, Vice President, Global Health, Government Affairs and Policy, Johnson & Johnson.
FOREIGN CLIMATE CHANGE FINANCE ASSISTANCE
7/27- 2:00pm, 2172 Rayburn House Office Bldg., House Foreign Affairs Committee Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment Subcommittee hearing on "Climate Change Finance: Providing Assistance for Vulnerable Countries." Witnesses: Lael Brainard, Treasury Undersecretary, International Affairs; Jonathan Pershing, Deputy, Special Envoy for Climate Change, State Department; Navy Rear Adm. David Titley, Oceanographer, and Navigator, Navy; Elliot Diringer, Vice President, International Strategies, Pew Center on Global Climate Change; Redmond Clark, Chairman, and CEO, CBL Industrial Service. IRAN SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATIONS
7/29- 10:00am, 2154 Rayburn House Office Bldg., House Oversight and Government Reform Full Committee hearing on "Implementation of Iran Sanctions," focusing on efforts to discourage companies from doing business with Iran while the country continues to attempt to develop nuclear weapons and support terrorism. Witnesses: Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, Partner, Covington and Burling LLP; Joseph Christoff, Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office; Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW
7/29- 10:00am, 2118 Rayburn House Office Bldg., House Armed Services Full Committee hearing on "Final Report of the Independent Panel's Assessment of the Quadrennial Defense Review." Witnesses: William Perry, Former Defense Secretary; Stephen Hadley, Co-Chairman, Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel.
NEW STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TREATY
7/29 ? 9:30am, G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Senate Armed Services Committee Full committee hearing on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Witnesses: Hon. Rose E. Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Department of State; Edward L. Warner III, Secretary of Defense Representative to Post-START Negotiations, Department of Defense.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES
7/29 ? 2:30pm, 342 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee hearing on "Closing the Language Gap: Improving the Federal Government's Foreign Language Capabilities." Witnesses: David Maurer, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Team, Government Accountability Office; Jeff Neal, Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Homeland Security; Nancy Weaver, Director, Defense Language Office, Defense Department; David Chu, former Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness; Richard Brecht, Executive Director, Center for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland; Daniel Davidson, President, Joint National Committee for Languages and the National Councils for Languages and International Studies.
Note: The House of Representatives goes on recess on Friday July 30 and will not return until September 14.
- Congressional Hearings This Week
Click on links to view hearing or read testimony. TSUNAMI GENERATED MARINE DEBRIS5/17 ? 10:30am, 253 Russell Senate Office Building. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee hearing...
- Engaging Asia
This week ends with one hearing and two programs on that status of US policy toward Asia. Next Steps in Engaging the Asia-Pacific Region was the topic of Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell's speech to...
- China's Currency
This week's big discussion in Washington is China?s currency. There will be two hearings held by the House Ways & Means Committee and one at the Senate Finance Committee. Prior to the hearings, the Heritage Foundation held a seminar examining...
- Pedaling Peril
In March, the US Government Accountability Office issued it report on Firms Reported in Open Sources as Having Commercial Activity in Iran's Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Sectors [GAO-10-515R March 23, 2010]. The report noted the following companies...
- Congressional Hearing On Us-japan Relations
U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS: ENDURING TIES, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS3/17 ? 2:30pm, 2172 Rayburn House Office Building. House Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment hearing on ?.? Witnesses: Mr. Joseph R. Donovan, Jr., Principal...