[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D664-D665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings in closed session to examine Federal Government use and 
management of the electromagnetic radio frequency spectrum, after 
receiving testimony from Clarence L. Irving, Jr., Assistant Secretary 
of Commerce for Communications and Information; Barry Horton, Principal 
Deputy Secretary of Defense; Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski, USN, 
Director, Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems 
Directorate, Joint Staff/Joint Chiefs of Staff; Steve Killion, Section 
Chief, Information Resources Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice; and Frank E. Kruesi, Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation for Transportation Policy.
GSA LEASING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the impact of Federal streamlining efforts on General Services 
Administration leasing activities, after receiving testimony from 
Robert Peck, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, and Thomas 
Sherman, Acting Regional Administrator, National Capital Region, both 
of the General Services Administration; Bruce A. Lehman, Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce/Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; and 
Michael T. Shehadi, Charles E. Smith Realty Companies, Arlington, 
Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of James Francis Creagan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Honduras, Leslie M. Alexander, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, and Lino Gutierrez, of Florida, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Creagan was 
introduced by Senator Robb.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs resumed hearings to examine prospects for peace in 
Afghanistan, receiving testimony from Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai, 
Afghanistan Deputy Foreign Minister, and Mohammad Ishagh, Afghan News, 
both of Kabul, Afghanistan;

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Abdul Ahad Karzai, Tribal Confederation of Southwest Afghanistan; Haji 
Mohammad Mohaqiq, Hizb-I-Wahdat/Khalili, Bamian, Afghanistan; 
Hashmatullah Mojaddedi, Afghan National Liberation Front, Peshawar, 
Pakistan; Haji Qadir, Nangarhar Shura, Jalalabad, Afghanistan; Syed 
Ahmed Gailani, National Islamic Front of Afghanistan, and Hedayat Amin 
Arsala, both of Islamabad, Pakistan; Sardar Sultan Mahmoud Ghazi, Rome 
Italy; Said Mansour Naderi, Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan; Sadig 
Moddabir, Hazajarat, Afghanistan; and other Afghan witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
INFORMATION SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations resumed hearings to examine the vulnerabilities of 
national computer information systems and networks, and Federal efforts 
to promote security within the information infrastructure, focusing on 
foreign information warfare programs and capabilities, receiving 
testimony from John M. Deutch, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; 
Peter G. Neumann, Computer Science Laboratory/SRI International, Menlo 
Park, California; and Roger C. Molander and Robert H. Anderson, both of 
RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Arthur Gajarsa, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Federal Circuit, Joan B. Gottschall, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Robert L. Hinkle, 
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Florida, Lawrence E. Kahn, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of New York, Margaret M. Morrow, to be United States 
District Judge for the Central District of California, and Frank R. 
Zapata, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Mr. Gajarsa was introduced by Senators Sarbanes and Mikulski 
and Representative Morella, Ms. Gottschall was introduced by Senators 
Simon and Moseley-Braun, Mr. Hinkle was introduced by Senators Graham 
and Mack, Mr. Kahn was introduced by Senators D'Amato and Moynihan and 
Representative McNulty, Ms. Morrow was introduced by Senator Boxer, and 
Mr. Zapata was introduced by Senator Kyl and Representative Pastor.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee began consideration of an 
original bill to authorize construction projects for fiscal year 1997 
and for other purposes relating to VA real property management, but did 
not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.