[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 182 (Tuesday, December 15, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Patrick Joseph Murphy, of Pennsylvania, to be Under 
Secretary of the Army, Janine Anne Davidson, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary of the Navy, and Lisa S. Disbrow, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary of the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Marcel John Lettre, II, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Gabriel Camarillo, of Texas, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, and Vice Admiral Kurt W. 
Tidd, to be Admiral, and Commander, United States Southern Command, all 
of the Department of Defense, and John E. Sparks, of Virginia, to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
an assessment of Afghanistan intelligence from national security 
briefers.
TRANSITION ASSISTANCE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine transition assistance, after receiving testimony from Susan 
Kelly, Director, Transition to Veterans Program Office, Office of the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Curtis L. Coy, 
Deputy Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Economic Opportunity, 
Veterans Benefits Administration; Teresa W. Gerton, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training Service; 
Elizabeth Voticky, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Georgia; Matthew 
Kress, Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, Washington; Eric Eversole, 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and Daniel Smith, The American 
Legion, both of Washington, D.C.; and Lieutenant Colonel Michael 
Zacchea, USMC (Ret.), University of Connecticut Entrepreneur Bootcamp 
for Veterans, Hartford.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.