[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 124 (Friday, September 21, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D919]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CURRENT DOD ACTIVITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing on current Department of Defense activities from Douglas J. 
Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Rear Adm. Lowell E. 
Jacoby, USN, Director, J-2, Intelligence Directorate, The Joint Staff; 
and Lt. Gen. Gregory S. Newbold, USMC, Director, J-3, Operations 
Directorate, The Joint Staff.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Brig. Gen. Edwin J. Arnold, Jr., United States 
Army, to be a Member and President, and Brig. Gen. Carl A. Strock, 
United States Army, to be a Member, both of the Mississippi River 
Commission, Nils J. Diaz, of Florida, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, P.H. Johnson, of Mississippi, to be Federal Co-
chairperson, Delta Regional Authority, Marianne Lamont Horinko, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Harold Craig Manson, of California, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of the 
Interior, Michael Parker, of Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Army for Civil Works, and Mary E. Peters, of Arizona, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Mr. Johnson was introduced by Senator Cochran.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Arlene Render, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Mattie R. Sharpless, of North Carolina, to 
be Ambassador to the Central African Republic, R. Barrie Walkley, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, Jackson 
McDonald, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, 
Kevin Joseph McGuire, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Namibia, Ralph Leo Boyce, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Indonesia, and Robert W. Jordan, of Texas, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
INDIA/PAKISTAN SANCTIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on India and Pakistan sanctions from Marc Grossman, 
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
HOMELAND THREATS RESPONSE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the U.S. response to homeland attacks, after receiving 
testimony from former Senators Gary Hart and Warren B. Rudman, both on 
behalf of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century; David 
M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting 
Office; and L. Paul Bremer III, Washington, D.C., former Ambassador-at-
Large for Counter-Terrorism, and Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore 
III, Richmond, both on behalf of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic 
Response Capabilities for Domestic Response to Terrorism Involving 
Weapons of Mass Destruction.