[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 139 (Tuesday, October 8, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Michael L. Connor, of New Mexico, to be 
Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and Elizabeth M. Robinson, of 
Washington, to be Under Secretary of Energy.
SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE IN SOMALIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine security and governance in Somalia, 
focusing on consolidating gains, confronting challenges, and charting 
the path forward, after receiving testimony from Linda Thomas-
Greenfield, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Amanda J. 
Dory, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, and Andre Le 
Sage, Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University Institute for 
National Strategic Studies Center for Strategic Research, both of the 
Department of Defense; Nancy Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, Bureau 
for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, United States 
Agency for International Development; Abdi Aynte, Heritage Institute 
for Policy Studies, Mogadishu, Somalia; and E.J. Hogendoorn, 
International Crisis Group, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of William Ward Nooter, 
to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, after the nominee, who was introduced by Representative 
Norton, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.