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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D246 on March 11, 2009.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy.
AL-SHABAAB RECRUITMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine violent Islamist extremism, focusing on al-Shabaab recruitment in the United States, after receiving testimony from Philip Mudd, Associate Executive Assistant Director, National Security Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Andrew Liepman, Deputy Director of Intelligence, National Counterterrorism Center, Directorate of Intelligence; Ken Menkhaus, Davidson College, Davidson, NC; and Abdirahman Mukhtar, Brian Coyle Center of Pillsbury United Communities, and Osman Ahmed, both of Minneapolis, MN.
VOTER REGISTRATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to examine voter registration, focusing on assessing current problems, after receiving testimony from Chris Nelson, South Dakota Secretary of State, Pierre; Stephen Ansolabehere, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Curtis Gans, Center for the Study of the American Electorate, Kristen Clarke, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and Jonah H. Goldman, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, all of Washington, DC; and Nathaniel Persily, Columbia Law School, New York, NY.