BUSINESS MEETING

HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Presiding: Senator Kerry


    Agenda Items

    Nominations:
1. Ms. Esther Brimmer
   to be Assistant Secretary of State
   for International Organization Affairs
2. Mr. Karl Eikenberry
   to be Ambassador to the
   Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
3. Mr. Timothy Geithner
    to be U.S. Governor of the International Monetary
   Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction
   and Development, the Inter-American
   Development Bank,the African Development Bank,
   the Asian Development Bank, the African
   Development Fund, and the European Bank
   for Reconstruction and Development
4. Mr. Philip Gordon
    to be Assistant Secretary of State for
   European and Eurasian Affairs
5. Ms. Rose Gottemoeller
   to be Assistant Secretary of State for
   Verification and Compliance
6. Mr. Christopher Hill
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq
7. Mr. Richard Verma
   to be Assistant Secretary of State
   for Legislative Affairs
8. Ms. Melanne Verveer
   to be Ambassador-at-Large for
   Global Women’s Issues

    Legislation:
9.  S. 384, the Global Food Security Act of 2009,
   with an amendment
10.  S. 705, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
   Reauthorization Act
11.  S. Res. , a resolution expressing the sense of the
   Senate regarding the Fifth Summit of the Americas in
   Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from April 17-19,
   2009
12. S. Con. Res. 11, a concurrent resolution
   condemning all forms of anti-Semitism and reaffirming
   the support of Congress for the mandate of the
   Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism,
   and for other purposes
13. S. Res. 9, a resolution commemorating 90 years of
   U.S.-Polish diplomatic relations
14. S. Res. 20, a resolution celebrating the 60th
   anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
15.  S. Res. 56, a resolution urging the Government of
   Moldova to ensure a fair and democratic election
   Process for the parliamentary elections on April 5,
   2009

 

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