[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 4, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1238-D1239]
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 Lieutenant General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., to be 
General and Commander, Central Command, and Lieutenant General Richard 
D. Clarke, to be General and Commander, Special Operations Command, 
both of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Michael S. Klecheski, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Mongolia, Matthew John Matthews, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, and W. Patrick Murphy, 
of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, all of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
THE CHINA CHALLENGE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, 
and International Cybersecurity Policy concluded a hearing to examine 
the China challenge, focusing on democracy, human rights, and the rule 
of law, after receiving testimony from Laura Stone, Acting Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and 
Scott Busby, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Human Rights and Labor, both 
of the Department of State; and Gloria Steele, Acting Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Asia, United States Agency for International 
Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Carol Z. Perez, of Virginia, to be Director 
General of the Foreign Service, Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., of 
Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia, who was 
introduced by Senator Alexander, Christopher Paul Henzel, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen, Sarah-Ann Lynch, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and 
Lynne M. Tracy, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, 
all of the Department of State, and John Barsa, of Florida, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.

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INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.