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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1168 on Nov. 3, 2015.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FUTURE OF WARFARE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the future of warfare, after receiving testimony from General Keith B. Alexander, USA (Ret.), former Commander, United States Cyber Command, former Director, National Security Agency; Bryan Clark, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments; Paul Scharre, Center for a New American Security 20YY Future of Warfare Initiative; and Peter W. Singer, New America.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Deborah R. Malac, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda, Lisa J. Peterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland, and H. Dean Pittman, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
UKRAINE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Europe and Regional Security Cooperation concluded a hearing to examine Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the propaganda in Europe, after receiving testimony from Benjamin Ziff, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute, Maksymilian Czuperski, The Atlantic Council, and Heather A. Conley, Center for Strategic and International Studies Europe Program, all of Washington, D.C.; and Peter Pomerantsev, Legatum Institute, London, United Kingdom.
DATA BROKERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law concluded a hearing to examine data brokers, focusing on whether consumers' information is secure, after receiving testimony from Justin Harvey, Fidelis Cybersecurity, Bethesda, Maryland; Pam Dixon, World Privacy Forum, San Diego, California; and Frank Caserta, Acxiom Corporation, Little Rock, Arkansas.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to the call.