[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D235-D236]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ENCROACHMENT ISSUES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded hearings to examine the readiness impact of range 
encroachment issues, including endangered species and critical 
habitats; sustainment of the maritime environment; airspace management; 
urban sprawl; air pollution; unexploded ordinance; and noise; after 
receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., USA, 
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management; Vice. Adm. James 
F. Amerault, USN,

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Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Readiness and Logistics; Maj. 
Gen. Edward Hanlon, Jr., USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Base, 
Camp Pendleton, California; Maj. Gen. Walter E. L. Buchanon, III, USAF, 
Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations; and Brig. Gen. 
William G. Webster, USA, Director of Training.
U.S.-JORDAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the United States-
Jordan Free Trade Agreement, focusing on regional economic integration 
in the Middle East, support for Jordan's economic reform program, and 
development of a comprehensive and innovative Free Trade Agreement, 
receiving testimony from Charlene Barshefsky, Woodrow Wilson 
International Center for Scholars, former U.S. Trade Representative, 
Samuel R. Berger, former National Security Advisor, Michael B. Smith, 
Cantabs, Inc., former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Timothy E. 
Deal, United States Council for International Business, Thomas J. 
Donahue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of 
Wildlife, and John J. Sweeney, American Federation of Labor and 
Congress of Industrial Organizations, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University and the Council on Foreign 
Relations, New York, New York.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Marc Isaiah Grossman, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary 
of State for Political Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced 
by Senator Gordon Smith, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.