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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D241-D242 on March 13, 2012.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND THE FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine U.S. Southern Command and U.S. Northern Command in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General Douglas M. Fraser, United States Air Force, Commander, United States Southern Command, and General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., United States Army, Commander, United States Northern Command, and North American Aerospace Defense Command, both of the Department of Defense.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE PORTFOLIO
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the report of the Independent Consultant's Review with Respect to the Department of Energy Loan and Loan Guarantee Portfolio, after receiving testimony from Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Frederick D. Barton, of Maine, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Conflict and Stabilization Operations), and to be Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, and William E. Todd, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, both of the Department of State, and Sara Margalit Aviel, of California, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Freedom of Information Act, focusing on safeguarding critical infrastructure information and the public's right to know, after receiving testimony from Melanie Ann Pustay, Director, Office of Information Policy, Department of Justice; Miriam Nisbet, Director, Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration; Kenneth F. Bunting, National Freedom of Information Coalition, Columbia, Missouri; Paul Rosenzweig, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; and J. M. Ensminger, Elizabethtown, North Carolina.
