[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 11, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D265-D266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IRAQ
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the effectiveness of the United States efforts to combat corruption, 
waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq, after receiving testimony from David 
M. Walker, Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office; 
Claude M. Kicklighter, Inspector General, and Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., 
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, both of the 
Department of Defense; and Radhi Hamza al-Radhi, Commission on Public 
Integrity, Republic of Iraq.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 for the United 
States Pacific Command and United States Forces in Korea, and the 
future years defense program, after receiving testimony from Admiral 
Timothy J. Keating, USN, Commander, United States Pacific Command, and 
General B.B. Bell, Commander, United Nations Command (UNC), Commander, 
Republic of Korea--United States Combined Forces Command (CFC), and 
Commander, United States Forces Korea (USFK), both of the Department of 
Defense.
NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the condition of the nation's infrastructure, 
focusing on proposals for needed improvements, including S. 1926, to 
establish the National Infrastructure Bank to provide funding for 
qualified infrastructure projects, after receiving testimony from David 
G. Mongan, American Society of Civil Engineers, Baltimore, Maryland; 
Felix G. Rohatyn, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and 
Tracy Wolstencroft, Goldman, Sachs, and Co., both of New York, New 
York; and Ron Blackwell, American Federation of Labor and Congress of 
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and Janet F. Kavinoky, United 
States Chamber of Commerce, both of Washington, D.C.
U.S. BASIC RESEARCH BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Innovation concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 to support 
basic research in the United States, after receiving testimony from 
John Marburger III, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, 
Executive Office of the President; James M. Turner, Acting Director, 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; 
and Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation.
CROSS-BORDER TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Transportation's 
Cross-Border Truck pilot program, after receiving testimony from

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Mary E. Peters, Secretary, and Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General, 
both of the Department of Transportation; and Jacqueline S. Gillan, 
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, and Paul D. Cullen, Sr., Owner-
Operator Independent Drivers Association, Inc., both of Washington, 
D.C.
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2009 for the United States Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works 
Program, and the implementation of the Water Resources Development Act 
(WRDA) of 2007 (Public Law 110-114), after receiving testimony from 
John Paul Woodley, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works; and Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, Chief of Engineers, 
United States Army Corps of Engineers.
HORN OF AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 
evaluating United States policy options on the Horn of Africa, after 
receiving testimony from Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State 
for African Affairs; Katherine J. Almquist, Assistant Administrator for 
Africa, United States Agency for International Development; Theresa 
Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs; 
David H. Shinn, George Washington University Elliott School of 
International Affairs, and Lynn Fredriksson, Amnesty International USA, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Colonel Thomas A. Dempsey, USA (Ret.), 
United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
NATO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), focusing on 
enlargement and effectiveness, after receiving testimony from Daniel 
Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; 
General John Craddock, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied 
Commander, Europe, NATO Headquarters, Mons, Belgium; Ronald D. Asmus, 
German Marshall Fund, Brussels, Belgium; and Philip H. Gordon, 
Brookings Institution, Bruce Pitcairn Jackson, Project on Transitional 
Democracies, and James J. Townsend, Jr., Atlantic Council, all of 
Washington, D.C.
LIFE SCIENCES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine funding of the National Institutes of 
Health, focusing on opportunities in the life sciences and biomedical 
research, after receiving testimony from Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard 
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Jill A. Rafael-Fortney, The Ohio 
State University College of Medicine, Columbus; Edward D. Miller, Johns 
Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Samuel M. Rankin III, American 
Mathematical Society, Washington, D.C.; and Dana Lewis, Huntsville, 
Alabama.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Grace C. Becker, of New York, to be Assistant 
Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Hatch, testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
FAMILIES OF WOUNDED WARRIORS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense 
cooperation and collaboration, focusing on caring for the families of 
wounded warriors, after receiving testimony from Lynda C. Davis, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Military Personnel Policy, 
Department of Defense; Kristen Day, Chief Consultant, Care Management 
and Social Work, Office of Patient Care Services, Veterans Health 
Administration, and Steven L. Sayers, Clinical Research Psychologist, 
Philadelphia Medical Center, both of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Jane Dulin, United States Army Wounded Warrior Program, Elkins 
Park, Pennsylvania; Colonel Peter J. Bunce, USAF (Ret.), Arlington, 
Virginia; Robert Verbeke, Exton, Pennsylvania; and Jackie McMichael, 
Franklinton, North Carolina.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.