[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 125 (Wednesday, October 6, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1018-D1019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Francis J. Harvey, of California, to be Secretary of the 
Army, Richard Greco, Jr., of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy for Financial Management, who was introduced by Senator Brownback, and 
General Gregory S. Martin, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of general 
and to be Commander, United States Pacific Command, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
WMD'S
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
report of the Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence for 
Strategy Regarding Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs, after 
receiving testimony from Charles A. Duelfer, Special Advisor to the Director 
of Central Intelligence for Strategy Regarding Iraqi Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Programs; and Brigadier General Joseph J. McMenamin, USMC, 
Commander of the Iraq Survey Group.
NATURAL GAS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure concluded a hearing to 
examine issues relating to natural gas, focusing on the domestic supply and 
cost for the approaching peak winter months, after receiving testimony from 
Guy F. Caruso, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department 
of Energy; Paul Wilkinson, American Gas Association, and Wenonah Hauter, 
Public Citizen Energy Program, both of Washington, DC; and Gary D. Huss, 
Hudapack Metal Treating, Inc., Elkhorn, Wisconsin, on behalf of the National 
Association of Manufacturers.
CURRENT VISA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
impact of current visa policy on international students and researchers, 
after receiving testimony from Martin C. Jischke, Purdue University, West 
Lafayette, Indiana; Adam W. Herbert, Indiana University, Bloomington; C.D. 
Mote, Jr., University of Maryland, College Park; Catheryn Cotten, Duke 
University International Office, Durham, North Carolina; Allan E. Goodman, 
Institute of International Education, New York, New York; and Marlene M. 
Johnson, NAFSA: Association of International Educators, and Theodore H. 
Kattouf, AMIDEAST, both of Washington, DC.
EAST ASIA HEALTH PROGRAMS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine neglected diseases in East Asia 
regarding public health programs, focusing on malaria, the Global Fund to 
Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and the World Health Organization, 
after receiving testimony from Anne Peterson, Assistant Administrator for 
Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development; Donald R. Roberts, 
Professor, Division of Tropical Public Health, Department of Preventive 
Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences; and Robert Desowitz, University of North Carolina School of Public 
Health, Chapel Hill.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee approved the issuance of additional 
subpoenas pursuant to the In re Tribal Lobbying Matters, et al. 
investigation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Robert Allen Pittman, of Florida, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Human Resources and Administration), and 
Robert N. Davis, of Florida, Mary J. Schoelen, of the District of Columbia, 
and William A. Moorman, of Virginia, each to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Appeals for Veterans' Claims.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence 
community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
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