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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1055-D1056 on Sept. 17, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine countering the threat of failure in Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from General John Craddock, United States Army
(Ret.), Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Ryan C. Crocker, former United States Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan, United States Charge d'Affaires to Afghanistan, Department of State, Spokane, Washington; Clare Lockhart, Institute of State Effectiveness (ISE), Washington, D.C.; and Khaled Hosseini, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), San Jose, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Michael H. Posner, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Robert D. Hormats, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, and to be United States Alternate Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of five years, United States Alternate Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of five years, United States Alternate Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of five years, United States Alternate Governor of the African Development Fund, United States Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank, and United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, David C. Jacobson, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Canada, Alan D. Solomont, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Andorra, Lee Andrew Feinstein, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, and Barry B. White, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Norway, all of the Department of State.
SECURITIES VIOLATIONS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded a hearing to examine S. 1551, to amend section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow for a private civil action against a person that provides substantial assistance in violation of such Act, after receiving testimony from John C. Coffee, Jr., Columbia University Law School, and Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., Sullivan and Cromwell LLP, both of New York, New York; Patrick J. Szymanski, Change to Win, and Tanya Solov, Director, Illinois Securities Department, Illinois Secretary of State, on behalf of the North American Securities Administrators, both of Washington, D.C.; and Adam C. Pritchard, University of Michigan Empirical Legal Studies Center, Ann Arbor.
VETERANS' DISABILITY COMPENSATION REVIEW
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine veterans' disability compensation, focusing on benefits in the 21st century, after receiving testimony from Patrick W. Dunne, Under Secretary for Benefits, Veterans Benefits Administration, and Lieutenant General James Terry Scott, USA (Ret.), Chairman, Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; George Kettner, Economic Systems Inc., Falls Church, Virginia; Katy Neas, Easter Seals, Chicago, Illinois; Susan Prokop, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Washington, D.C.; and John L. Wilson, Disabled American Veterans, Cold Springs, Kentucky.
