[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 26 (Friday, February 12, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D142-D143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
APPROPRIATIONS--OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
budget hearing on Office of the Inspector General. Testimony was heard 
from Phyllis K. Fong, Inspector General; Gil H. Harden, Assistant 
Inspector General for Audit, Office of the Inspector General; and Ann 
Coffey, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, Office of the 
Inspector General.
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 2017 BUDGET REQUEST AND READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing 
entitled ``Department of the Air Force 2017 Budget Request and 
Readiness''. Testimony was heard from General David L. Goldfein, USAF, 
Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force; Lieutenant General John W. 
Raymond, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations; and Lieutenant 
General John Cooper, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, 
Engineering, and Force Protection.

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ASSESSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFGHANISTAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Assessing the Development of 
Afghanistan National Security Forces''. Testimony was heard from Kent 
Breedlove, Senior Defense Analyst for Afghanistan, Defense Intelligence 
Agency; Christine Abizaid, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia, Department of Defense; Colonel 
Stephen L. A. Michael, USA, Deputy Director, Pakistan, Afghanistan and 
Transregional Threats Coordination Cell, Office of the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff; John Sopko, Special Inspector General for 
Afghanistan Reconstruction; and Michael Child, Deputy Inspector General 
for Overseas Contingency Operations, Department of Defense.
OUTBREAKS, ATTACKS, AND ACCIDENTS: COMBATTING BIOLOGICAL THREATS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Outbreaks, Attacks, and 
Accidents: Combatting Biological Threats''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.