[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 164 (Monday, November 18, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1098-D1099]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Afghanistan from James Dobbins, Special Representative for Afghanistan 
and Pakistan,

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Department of State; and Michael J. Dumont, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
and Brigadier General Robert P. White, Joint Staff Pentagon, both of 
the Department of Defense.
SILK ROAD AND VIRTUAL CURRENCIES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine Silk Road, focusing on potential risks, 
threats, and promises of virtual currencies, after receiving testimony 
from Jennifer Shasky Calvery, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, Department of the Treasury; Mythili Raman, Acting Assistant 
Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Edward 
Lowery III, Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigative Division, 
Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security; Ernie Allen, The 
International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Alexandria, 
Virginia; Patrick Murck, Bitcoin Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Jeremy 
Allaire, Circle Internet Financial, Boston, Massachusetts; and Jerry 
Brito, George Mason University Mercatus Center, Arlington, Virginia.