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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D945 on Oct. 3, 2013.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SITUATION IN SYRIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on the situation in Syria from Robert S. Ford, Ambassador to Syria, and Thomas M. Countryman, Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation, both of the Department of State; and James N. Miller, Under Secretary for Policy, and Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., Vice Chairman, and Rear Admiral Paul B. Becker, Director for Intelligence, both of the USN, Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of the Department of Defense.
REVERSING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine reversing Iran's nuclear program, after receiving testimony from Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; and James F. Jeffrey, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, David Albright, Institute for Science and International Security, and Ray Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of James Walter Brewster, Jr., of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, who was introduced by Senator Durbin, Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, who was introduced by Senators Reed and Whitehouse, and Carlos Roberto Moreno, of California, to be Ambassador to Belize, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
