[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 135 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SITUATION IN SYRIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
the situation in Syria from Robert S. Ford, Ambassador to Syria, and 
Thomas M. Countryman, Assistant Secretary for International Security 
and Nonproliferation, both of the Department of State; and James N. 
Miller, Under Secretary for Policy, and Admiral James A. Winnefeld, 
Jr., Vice Chairman, and Rear Admiral Paul B. Becker, Director for 
Intelligence, both of the USN, Joint Chiefs of Staff, all of the 
Department of Defense.
REVERSING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine reversing Iran's nuclear program, after receiving testimony 
from Wendy Sherman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; and 
James F. Jeffrey, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, David 
Albright, Institute for Science and International Security, and Ray 
Takeyh, Council on Foreign Relations, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of James Walter Brewster, Jr., of Illinois, to 
be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, who was introduced by Senator 
Durbin, Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Peru, who was introduced by Senators Reed and Whitehouse, 
and Carlos Roberto Moreno, of California, to be Ambassador to Belize, 
all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.