[Vision2020] Troop- and Veteran-Related Congressional Hearings

[Tom Hansen]

If you truly want to get involved in troop- and/or veteran-related
legislation, take your pick.  I have.

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Military-related hearings conducted in the U.S. Senate and House of
Representatives during the week 13 - 17 February.



Tuesday, Feb. 14

Army budget before the Senate Armed Services Committee; Army Secretary
Francis Harvey and Chief of Staff Peter Schoomaker testify; 9:30 a.m.;
Dirksen 106

Veterans' education and rehabilitation budget before the House Veterans'
Affairs economic opportunity subcommittee; 10 a.m., Cannon 334.

Department of Veterans Affairs budget before the Senate Veterans' Affairs
Committee; 10 a.m.; Russell 418.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testifies before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee; 10 a.m.; Hart 216.

National security whistleblowers before the House Government Reform national
security subcommittee; Army, Army Reserve, FBI, National Security Agency and
Energy Department whistleblowers, as well as Government Accountability
Office and outside witnesses testify; 1 p.m.; Rayburn 2154.

Veterans' health care budget before the House Veterans' Affairs health
subcommittee; 2 p.m.; Cannon 334.

Chinese influence on foreign policy before the House International Relations
Committee; outside witnesses include Perry Pickert of the Joint Military
Intelligence College; 2 p.m.; Rayburn 2172.

Improving contractor incentives before the Senate Armed Services readiness
and management support subcommittee; Defense Department and Government
Accountability Office witnesses testify; 2:30 p.m.; Russell 222.

Request for intelligence documents before the House Armed Services
Committee; 5:30 p.m.; Rayburn 2118.


Wednesday, February 15

Military nominations before the Senate Armed Services Committee; nominees
include Preston Geren to be Army undersecretary, Michael Dominguez to be
deputy defense undersecretary for personnel and readiness, James Finley to
be deputy defense undersecretary for acquisition and technology and Thomas
D'Agostino to be National Nuclear Security Administration deputy
administrator for defense programs; 9:30 a.m.; Dirksen 106.

Army budget before the House Armed Services Committee; Army Secretary
Francis Harvey and Chief of Staff Peter Schoomaker testify; 10 a.m.; Rayburn
2118.

Construction and health care overview before the House Appropriations
military quality of life and veterans affairs subcommittee; 10 a.m.; Capitol
H-143.

Veterans service organizations before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee;
10:30 a.m.; Cannon 334.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testifies before the Senate Budget
Committee; 10:45 a.m.; Dirksen 608.

Able Danger program before the House Armed Services strategic forces
subcommittee; 2:30 p.m.; Rayburn 2118. Open, will close.


Coast Guard maritime border security programs before the House Homeland
Security economic security subcommittee; 5 p.m.; Cannon 111.

Senior enlisted advisers before the House Appropriations military quality of
life and veterans affairs subcommittee; 1:30 p.m.; Rayburn 2362-B.


Thursday, February 16

Quadrennial Defense Review before the House Armed Services Committee;
Defense Department and outside witnesses testify; 9:30 a.m.; Rayburn 2118.

Nuclear weapons programs before the Senate Armed Services Committee; 9:30
a.m.; Dirksen 106.

Defense budget overview before the House Appropriations defense
subcommittee; 10 a.m.; Rayburn 2359.

Preventing weapons of mass destruction before the House Financial Services
oversight and investigations subcommittee; 10 a.m.; Rayburn 2128.

Veterans service organizations before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee;
10:30 a.m.; Cannon 334.

Combating terrorists before the House Armed Services terrorism,
unconventional threats and capabilities subcommittee; outside witnesses
testify; 1 p.m.; Rayburn 2112.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testifies before the House International
Relations Committee; 1:30 p.m.; Rayburn 2172.

Veterans compensation and pension programs before the House Veterans'
Affairs disability assistance and memorial affairs subcommittee; 2 p.m.;
Cannon 340.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration budget before the Senate
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee; 2:30 p.m.; Dirksen 562. 



FUTURE HEARINGS


February 28

Disabled American Veterans before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee; 2
p.m.; Dirksen 106.


March 7

Pacific, Korean and European commands before the Senate Armed Services
Committee; 9:30 a.m.; Dirksen 106.


March 13

Joint improvised explosive device command before the Senate Armed Services
Committee; 3 p.m.; Russell 222. Closed.


March 14

Southern and Northern commands before the Senate Armed Services Committee;
9:30 a.m., Hart 216.

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Take care, Moscow.

Tom "and the voices" Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil
and steady dedication of a lifetime." 

--Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.