[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 18 (Tuesday, February 5, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D85-D86]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee announced the following 
subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Airland: Senators Lieberman (Chairman), Akaka, Bayh, 
Clinton, Pryor, Webb, McCaskill, Cornyn, Warner, Inhofe, Sessions, 
Chambliss, and Wicker;
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Reed 
(Chairman), Kennedy, Byrd, Nelson (FL), Nelson (NE), Bayh, Clinton, 
Dole, Warner, Collins, Graham, Cornyn, and Martinez;
Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Nelson (NE) (Chairman), Kennedy, 
Lieberman, Webb, McCaskill, Graham, Collins, Chambliss, and Dole;
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Akaka 
(Chairman), Byrd, Bayh, Clinton, Pryor, McCaskill, Thune, Inhofe, 
Chambliss, Dole, and Wicker;
Subcommittee on Seapower: Senators Kennedy (Chairman), Lieberman, Reed, 
Akaka, Nelson (FL), Webb, Martinez, Warner, Sessions, Collins, and 
Cornyn;
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators Nelson (FL) (Chairman), 
Byrd, Reed, Nelson (NE), Pryor, Sessions, Inhofe, Graham, and Thune.
  Senators Levin and McCain are ex-officio members of each of the 
Subcommittees.
2009: BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2009, after receiving 
testimony from Jim Nussle, Director, Office of Management and Budget.
2009: BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2009, after receiving 
testimony from Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary, Department of the 
Treasury.

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VETERANS' DISABILITY COMPENSATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine veterans' disability compensation, after receiving 
testimony from Ruth A. Fanning, Director, Vocational Rehabilitation and 
Employment Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, and Kristin Day, 
LCSW, Chief Consultant, Care Management and Social Work, Veterans 
Health Administration, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
James Rothrock, Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services, and 
Linda Winslow, National Rehabilitation Association, both of Richmond, 
Virginia; Dorcas R. Hardy, DRHardy and Associates, Spotsylvania, 
Virginia; and John Lancaster, National Council on Independent Living, 
Douglas B. Carmon, Easter Seals, Inc., and Richard Daley, Paralyzed 
Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.
WORLD THREATS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the current and projected national security threats, after 
receiving testimony from Mike McConnell, Director, National 
Intelligence; Michael Hayden, Director, Central Intelligence Agency 
(CIA); Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation (FBI), Department of Justice; Randall M. Fort, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research; and Lieutenant 
General Michael D. Maples, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, 
Department of Defense.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.