This Week on the Hill

A roundup of relevant hearings on the Hill this week: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:45pm 419 Dirksen Pakistan's FATA Challenge: Securing One of the World's Most Dangerous Areas Presiding: Senator Kerry Panel 1:

  • The Honorable John D. Negroponte Deputy Secretary of State, Department of State

Panel 2:

  • Mr. Gene Dodaro Acting Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office

House Committee on Foreign Affairs Wednesday, May 21, 2008 1:00pm 2172 Rayburn The U.S.-Israel-Egypt Trilateral Relationship: Shoring Up the Foundation of Regional Peace Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY), Chairman Witnesses:

  • The Honorable Daniel C. Kurtzer Lecturer and S. Daniel Abraham Professor, Middle Eastern Policy Studies, Princeton University
  • Mr. David Makovsky Senior Fellow and Director, Project on the Middle East Peace Process, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:30am 106 Dirksen To consider the nominations of:

  • General David H. Petraeus, USA for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Central Command
  • Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno, USA for appointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq.

House Committee on Foreign Affairs Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:00am Rising Oil Prices, Declining National Security? Full Committee Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Chairman 2172 Rayburn Witnesses:

  • David Sandalow, Esq. Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
  • Ms. Anne Korin Co-director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
  • Mr. Paul J. Saunders Executive Director, The Nixon Center

House Committee on Foreign Affairs Thursday, May 22, 2008 2:00pm 2172 Rayburn City on the Hill or Just Another Country? The United States and the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Chairman Witnesses:

  • The Honorable John Shattuck Chief Executive Officer, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation (Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic)
  • Kenneth Roth, Esq. Executive Director, Human Rights Watch