MARCH 2002

April 9, 02002 - SEAPOWER - To receive testimony on Navy Equipment required for fielding a 21st Century capabilities-based Navy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

April 9, 02002 - FULL COMMITTEE - To receive testimony on Department of Defense policies and
programs to transform the Armed Forces to meet the challenges of
the twenty-first century.

April 10, 02002 - EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES - To receive testimony on technology for combating terrorism and
weapons of mass destruction in review of the Defense Authorization
Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

April 10, 02002 - STRATEGIC FORCES - To receive testimony on the Department of Energy’s
Environmental Management program and the National Nuclear
Security Administration’s Defense Program and other weapons
activities in review of the Defense Authorization Request for
Fiscal Year 2003.

April 11, 02002 - STRATEGIC FORCES - To receive testimony on the intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance programs of the Department of Defense in review
of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

April 11, 02002 - PERSONNEL - To receive testimony on military personnel benefits in review of the
Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

April 26, 02002 - FULL COMMITTEE - To consider the following nominations:

Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, USN, for reappointment to
the grade of admiral and to be Commander in Chief,
United States Pacific Command; and

Lieutenant General Leon J. LaPorte, USA, for
appointment to the grade of general and to be
Commander in Chief, United Nations
Command/Combined Forces Command/Commander,
United States Forces Korea

The nominees will be present.

MAY 2002