Committee Hearings
110th Congress
First Session - 2007


December

Wednesday, December 19, 2007
KOSOVO: COMING CHALLENGES
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, December 13, 2007
PERSPECTIVES ON THE NEXT PHASE
OF THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST AIDS,
TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, December 12, 2007
NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON THE SIX-PARTY TALKS
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE
ON IRAN: NUCLEAR INTENTIONS AND CAPABILITIES

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Thursday, December 6, 2007
U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

November

Thursday, November 15, 2007
THE ANTI-DRUG PACKAGE
FOR MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA:
AN EVALUATION:

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS:
RESTORING U.S. LEADERSHIP

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, November 8, 2007
SYRIA:
OPTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS
FOR LEBANON AND THE REGION

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

October

Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Business Meeting
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
THE NEXT PHASE OF THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS
Time: IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING 1:45 p.m. BUSINESS MEETING
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Business Meeting
Time: 1:45 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 24, 2007
EXPLORING THE U.S. ROLE IN CONSOLIDATING
PEACE AND DEMOCRACY IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 4, 2007
THE CONVENTION
   ON THE LAW
   OF THE SEA

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 3, 2007
BURMA’S SAFFRON REVOLUTION
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Nominations
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

September

Thursday, September 27, 2007
THE U.N. CONVENTION
   ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (T. Doc.103-39)

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, September 19, 2007
THE EVERGLADES:
   PROTECTING NATURAL TREASURES
   THROUGH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Business Meeting
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Tuesday, September 11, 2007
IRAQ: THE CROCKER-PETRAEUS REPORT
Time: 09:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, September 4, 2007
IRAQ: AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

August

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Exploring The U.S. Africa Command
And A New Strategic Relationship With Africa

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

July

Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Safeguarding The Atom:
   Nuclear Energy
   And Nonproliferation Challenges

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 26, 2007
The Un Human Rights Council:
   Shortcomings And Prospects For Reform

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 26, 2007
Extraordinary Rendition,
Extraterritorial Detention, And Treatment Of Detainees:
Restoring Our Moral Credibility
And Strengthening Our Diplomatic Standing

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Pakistan's Future:
   Building Democracy,
   Or Fueling Extremism?

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Enhancing The Peace Corps Experience: S. 732,
   The Peace Corps
   Volunteer Empowerment Act

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Nominations
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 19, 2007
IRAQ: An Update from the Field
Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Treaties
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Democratic Developments
in Sub-Saharah Africa:
Moving Forwards or Backwards?

Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

June

Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Business Meeting
Time: 11:15 A.M.
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Thursday, June 21, 2007
Nominations
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, June 21, 2007
Strategic Assessment of U.S.-Russian Relations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 19, 2007
The Passport Backlog and the State Department’s Response
to the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Wednesday June 20, 2007

Nominations
Time: 2:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Nomination
Time: Immediately After the 2:30 Hearing
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Foreign Assistance Reform:
Successes, Failures, and Next Steps

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

May

Thursday, May 24, 2007
Business Meeting
Time: 11:30 A.M.
After the first Roll Call Vote after 2:00 P.M.
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Climate Change: National Security Threats
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

April

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Darfur: A 'Plan B' to Stop Genocide?
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

March

Thursday, March 29, 2007
Iran: An Update
Time: 9:30 A.M. 10:15 A.M.
Place:
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, March 29, 2007
Cancelled

Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place:
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Business Meeting
Time: 11:45 A.M.
After the first Roll Call Vote occurring at 11:45 AM
Place:419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
S-116 The Capitol

Thursday, March 22, 2007
Nomination
Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place:
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Postponed

Gulf Security Dialogue
Time: 5:00 P.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Chad and the Central African Republic:
The Regional Impact of the Darfur Crisis

Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place:
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, March 15, 2007
Nomination
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place:
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Extrajudicial Killings In The Philippines:
Strategies To End The Violence

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place:
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Nominations
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place:
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, March 8, 2007
Postponed

Gulf Security Dialogue
Time: 2:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M.
Place:S-407 The Capitol

Thursday, March 8, 2007
Afghanistan: Time for a New Strategy?
Time: 9:30 A.M. 9:15 A.M.
Place:
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Business Meeting
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place:
S-116 The Capitol

February

Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place:
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, February 15, 2007
Nominations
Time: 9:15 A.M.
Place:
628 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, February 8, 2007
Business Meeting
Time: If a Quorum can be achieved during the
9:15 A.M. Budget Hearing
Place:
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, February 8, 2007
The President’s Foreign Affairs Budget
Time: 9:00 A.M. 9:15 A.M.
Place:
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Exploring a Comprehensive Stabilization, Reconstruction and
Counter-Terrorism Strategy for Somalia

Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place:
628 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, February 1, 2007
Business Meeting
Time: If a Quorum can be Achieved
During the 9:15 A.M. Hearing on Iraq

After the First of 3 Roll Call Votes Scheduled at 11:55 A.M.
Place:
216 Hart Senate Office Building
S-116 The Capitol

Thursday, February 1, 2007
Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

Iraq in the Strategic Context Session 2
Time: 9:15 A.M.
Place:
216 Hart Senate Office Building

January

Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

Iraq in the Strategic Context Session 1
Time: 9:15 A.M. 9:30 A.M.
Place:
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Nomination
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place:
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, January 25, 2007
Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

Political Strategy
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place:
628 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, January 25, 2007
Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

Reconstruction Strategy
Time: 9:15 A.M.
Place:
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Business Meeting
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place:
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

Alternative Plans (Continued)
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place:
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

Alternative Plans Continued – Federalism, Side with the Majority,
Strategic Redeployment, or Negotiate?

Time: 9:15 A.M.
Place:
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, January 18, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

Alternative Plans: The Iraq Study Group
Time: 2:00 P.M. 1:00 P.M.
Place:
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, January 18, 2007
Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

Military and Security Strategy
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place:
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

Regional Diplomatic Strategy
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place:
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, January 11, 2007
Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

Alternative Plans:
Troop Surge, Partition, Withdrawal,
or Strengthen the Center?

Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place:
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, January 11, 2007
Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

The Administration’s Plan for Iraq
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place:
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Securing America’s Interests in Iraq:
The Remaining Options.

Where We Are:
The Current Situation in Iraq

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place:
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Intelligence Briefing on Iraq
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place:
S-407 The Capitol


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Second Session
2006

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First Session
2005

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Second Session
2004

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First Session
2003