[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
1009, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2000 for intelligence 
and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, 
the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement and Disability System.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of General Eric K. Shinseki, USA, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and for appointment as Chief of Staff, United States 
Army, and Lieutenant General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, to be general 
and for appointment as Commandant of the Marine Corps, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions on their own behalf. Gen. 
Shinseki was introduced by Senator Inouye and Lt. Gen. Jones was 
introduced by Senator Warner.
CENTRAL AFRICAN WARS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded hearings to examine the Central African Wars and the future 
of United States-Africa policy, after receiving testimony from Susan E. 
Rice, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; I. William 
Zartman, Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International 
Studies, and Marina Ottaway, Carnegie Endowment for International 
Peace, both of Washington, DC; and William Reno, Florida International 
University, Miami.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded closed oversight 
hearings on certain activities of the Department of Justice, after 
receiving testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General, Department of 
Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Kenneth W. Kizer, of California, to be Under Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs for Health, and John T. Hanson, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.