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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D659 on June 21, 2002.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PHILIPPINES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on U.S. activities in the Philippines from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary, and Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
SUMMER SCHOOL
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings to examine the importance of summer school to student achievement and well being, focusing on summer school cutbacks and implications of research policies and practices, after receiving testimony from Sandra Feldman, American Federation of Teachers, Washington, D.C.; Harris Cooper, University of Missouri Department of Psychological Sciences, Columbia; and Christina Ramoglou, Rogers School Community Center Organization, Stamford, Connecticut.
NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded hearings to examine refugee admissions policy to the United States, focusing on the plight of North Korean asylum seekers in the People's Republic of China, after receiving testimony from Arthur E. Dewey, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Lorne Craner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and James Kelly, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, all of the Department of State; Felice D. Gaer, Commission on International Religious Freedom, Jana Mason, U.S. Committee for Refugees, and Elisa Massimino, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, all of Washington, D.C.; Debra Liang-Fenton, U.S. Committee on Human Rights in North Korea, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Helie Lee, West Hollywood, California; and Soon Ok Lee and Norbert Vollertsen both of Seoul, South Korea.
