[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 12, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AIR FORCE NUCLEAR SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine Air Force nuclear security, focusing on the August 
2007 weapons-transfer incident, after receiving testimony from 
Lieutenant General Daniel J. Darnell, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Air, Space and Information Operations, Plans and Requirements, Major 
General Douglas L. Raaberg, USAF, Director, Air and Space Operations, 
Air Combat Command, Major General Polly A. Peyer, USAF, Director, 
Resource Integration, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, 
Installation, and Mission Support, all of the Department of Defense; 
and General Larry D. Welch, USAF (Ret.), Institute for Defense 
Analysis, Alexandria, Virginia.
DEFENSE AND WAR COSTS BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the 
Department of Defense and war costs, after receiving testimony from 
Gordon England, Deputy Secretary, General James Cartwright, USMC, Vice 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Tina Jonas, Under Secretary 
(Comptroller), all of the Department of Defense.
HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE ISSUES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine ways to address healthcare workforce 
issues for the future, focusing on primary care professionals, after 
receiving testimony from A. Bruce Steinwald, Director, Health Care, 
Government Accountability Office; Kevin Grumbach, University of 
California Department of Family and Community Medicine, San Francisco; 
Roderick S. Hooker, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
Dallas, Texas; Edward Salsberg, Association of American Medical 
Colleges (AAMC), Washington, D.C.; James Q. Swift, American Dental 
Education Association (ADEA), Minneapolis, Minnesota; Bruce Auerbach, 
Massachusetts Medical Society, Waltham; Beth Landon, Alaska Center for 
Rural Health, Anchorage, on behalf of the National Rural Health 
Association (NRHA); Jennifer S. Laurent, Vermont Nurse and Practitioner 
Association, Burlington; and John E. Maupin, Jr., Morehouse School of 
Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the Association of Minority 
Health Professions Schools.
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.