[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 10 (Thursday, January 18, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D64-D65]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NAVY, AIR FORCE, GUARD AND RESERVE READINESS
Committee on Appropriations: Met in executive session on Navy and Air 
Force Readiness. Testimony was heard from ADM Michael G. Mullen, USN, 
Chief of Naval Operations; and GEN T. Michael Moseley, USAF, Chief of 
Staff, U.S. Air Force.
  The Subcommittee also met in executive session on Guard and Reserve 
Readiness. Testimony was heard from LTG H. Steven Blum, USA, Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau; LTG Jack C. Stultz, USAR, Chief of Army 
Reserve; VADM John G. Cotton, USN, Chief of Navy Reserve; LTG John A. 
Bradley, USAF, Chief, Air Force Reserve; and LTG John W. Bergman, USMC, 
Commander, Marine Forces Reserve.
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION AUDITS
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on approaches to audit of 
reconstruction and support activities in Iraq. Testimony was heard from 
David M. Walker, Comptroller General; the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Thomas E. Gimble, Acting Inspector General; and 
Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General; and Howard J. 
Krongard, Inspector General, Department of State.
U.S. FORCE PROTECTION IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces held a 
hearing on Army force protection equipment for Operation Iraqi Freedom 
and Operation Enduring Freedom. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: LTG Stephen M. Speakes, USA, 
Deputy Chief of Staff, Army G-8; MG Jeffrey A. Sorenson, USA, Deputy 
for Acquisition and Systems Management, Assistant Secretary of the Army 
(Acquisition, Logistics and Technology), all with the Department of the 
Army; Robert L. Buhrkuhl, Director, Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell, 
Office of Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and 
Logistics); and CAPT Joseph McGettigan, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval 
Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division; Philip Coyle, former 
Director, Operational Test and Development, Office of the Secretary of 
Defense; and Ray Dubois, Jr., former Acting Under Secretary of the 
Army.
BUDGETING FOR WAR COSTS; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; CBO DIRECTOR
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Budgeting for War Costs. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Gordon England, Deputy Secretary; ADM Edmund P. Giambastiani, 
Jr., USN, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Tina W. Jonas, 
Under Secretary (Comptroller); Robert Sunshine, Assistant Director, 
CBO; Steve Kosiak, Director of Budget Studies, Center on Strategic and 
Budgetary Assessments.
  Prior to the hearing, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
  The Committee approved the recommendation to appoint Peter Orszag as 
the Director of CBO.
OVERSIGHT--NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a briefing on North Korea. Testimony 
was heard from William J. Perry, former Secretary of Defense; and James 
Lilley, former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Oversight and Reform: Met for organizational purposes.
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY--CURRENT AND PROJECTED THREATS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Held a hearing on Current 
and Projected Threats to U.S. National Security. Testimony was heard 
from John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence.

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  The Committee also met in executive session on this subject. 
Testimony was heard from John D. Negroponte, Director of National 
Intelligence.