[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 10, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D713-D714]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
UNITED STATES-IRAQ NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing on the status of the United States-Iraq negotiations, 
focusing on a strategic framework agreement and status of forces 
agreement from Brett McGurk, Director for Iraq, National Security 
Council; Mark Kimmitt, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle 
Eastern Affairs; and Chat Blakeman, Office of Iraq Affairs, Bureau of 
Near Eastern Affairs, Department of State.
NATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR EFFICIENT FREIGHT MOVEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine national strategies for 
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freight movement, after receiving testimony from Paul Brubaker, 
Administrator, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 
Department of Transportation; Rear Admiral Richard M. Larrabee, Port 
Authority of New York and New Jersey, and Astrid C. Glynn, New York 
State Department of Transportation, on behalf of the American 
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), 
both of New York, New York; Edward R. Hamberger, Association of 
American Railroads, Washington, D.C.; and Glenn Vanselow, Pacific 
Northwest Waterways Association, Portland, Oregon.
HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine issues 
relative to the 47 million Americans without health care insurance, 
focusing on the current health care marketplace, after receiving 
testimony from Raymond Arth, Phoenix Products, Inc., Avon Lake, Ohio, 
on behalf of the National Small Business Association; Ronald A. 
Williams, Aetna, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut; Mark A. Hall, Wake Forest 
University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Lisa 
Kelly, Lake Jackson, Texas.
COERCIVE INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the efficacy of coercive interrogation techniques, focusing on the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) role, after receiving testimony 
from Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, Valerie E. Caproni, General 
Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and John E. Cloonan, former 
Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent, West Caldwell, New 
Jersey, all of the Department of Justice; Philippe Sands, University 
College London, London, United Kingdom; and Philip B. Heymann, Harvard 
Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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.