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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D155 on March 1, 2002.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Raymond L. Orbach, of California, to be Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy.
Also, committee approved their fiscal year 2003 budgetary views and estimates on programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee and agreed on recommendations which it will make thereon to the Committee on the Budget.
IRAQ
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine United States policy in Iraq, focusing on the threat of Iraq's current weapons of mass destruction programs and capabilities, after receiving testimony from Richard O. Spertzel, former head of United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) Biological Weapon Inspections, and former Deputy Commander, USAMRIID; Robert J. Einhorn, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; and David A. Kay, Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia.
