Committee Hearings
108th Congress
First Session - 2003

November

Friday, November 21, 2003
Nominations
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, November 6, 2003
Business Meeting
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: S 116 The Capitol

Wednesday, November 5, 2003
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Immediately Following 3 Stacked Roll Call Votes
( Approx 3:15 P.M.)

Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, November 5, 2003
Nominations
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Nominations
Time: 9:00 A.M. 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

October

Thursday, October 30, 2003
Report- HIV/AIDS CODEL to Africa
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 902 Hart Senate Office Building
S-211 The Capitol
430 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 30, 2003
Tuesday, November 4, 2003

North Korea
The Hidden Gulag:
Putting Human Rights on the North Korea Policy Agenda

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 30, 2003
Combating Transnational Crime and Corruption in Europe
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 30, 2003
Syria: U.S. Policy Directions
Time: 10:15 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 30, 2003
Syria: U.S. Policy Directions
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 219 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Challenges for U.S. Policy Toward Colombia:
Is Plan Colombia Working?

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Nominations
Time: 9:00 A.M. 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Iran: Security Threats & U.S. Policy
Time: 10:15 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Iran: Security Threats & U.S. Policy
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 219 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 23, 2003
The Post-9/11 Visa Reforms and New Technology:
Achieving the Necessary Security Improvements in a Global Environment

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Anti-Semitism in Europe
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
U.S. Energy Security: West Africa & Latin America
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, October 21, 2003
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (T. Doc.103-39)
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 16, 2003
U.S. - EU Cooperation on Regulatory Affairs
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 16, 2003
Afghanistan: In Pursuit of Security & Democracy
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 15, 2003
The Middle East Road Map: Overcoming Obstacles to Peace
Time: 2:45 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 15, 2003
The Middle East Road Map: Overcoming Obstacles to Peace
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: S 407 The Capitol

Tuesday, October 14, 2003
The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (T. Doc. 103-39)
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 2, 2003
Challenges for U.S. Policy Toward Cuba
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 2, 2003
Nomination
Time: In Between Votes 11:30 AM
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Wednesday, October 1, 2003
Nomination
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building

September

Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Nomination
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, September 25, 2003
Nomination
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Iraq: Next Steps
How Can Democratic Institutions
Succeed in Iraq & the Middle East?

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Iraq: Next Steps
What Will an Iraq Five Year Plan Look Like?

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, September 18, 2003
Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Iraq: Next Steps
How to Internationalize Iraq Reconstruction and Organize
the U.S. Government to Administer Reconstruction Efforts

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building
     106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, September 17, 2003
U.S. Energy Security: West Africa & Latin America
Time: 2:30 P.M.Postponed
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, September 11, 2003
U.S. - China Relations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, September 9, 2003
North Korea
Time: 9:30 A.M.  9:45 A.M.
Place: S 407 The Capitol

July

Thursday, July 31, 2003
Corruption in North Korea's Economy
Time: 2:00 P.M. 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 31, 2003
Corruption in North Korea's Economy
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Wednesday, July 30, 2003
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M. 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, July 29, 2003
Iraq: Status & Prospects for Reconstruction - Resources
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 24, 2003
Congo Basin Forest Partnership
Time: 9:30 A.M. 9:00 AM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Iraq: Status & Prospects for Reconstruction - Next Steps
Time: 2:45 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
      216 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 17, 2003
Benefits for U.S. Victims of International Terrorism
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, July 15, 2003
Successes & Challenges for U.S. Policy to Haiti
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

June

Thursday, June 26, 2003
The Department of State's Office of Children's Issues --
Responding to International Parental Abduction

Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, June 26, 2003
Business Meeting
Time: 9:15 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
S-116 The Capitol

Wednesday, June 25, 2003
The Successor States to Pre-1991 Yugoslavia:
Progress & Challenges

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Constitutionalism, Human Rights and the
Rule of Law in the Nation of Iraq

Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 25, 2003
The African Growth and Opportunity Act
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 24, 2003
U.S. Relations with a Changing Europe:
Differing Views on Technology Issues

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Nominations
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Place: 116 The Capitol

Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Nominations
Time: Immediately Following the 2:30 P.M. Hearing
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 18, 2003
A Review of the Development of Democracy in Burma
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Treaties Related to Aviation & the Environment
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, June 12, 2003
Beyond Iraq:
Repercussions of Iraq Stabilization and Reconstruction Policies

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, June 5, 2003
Life Inside North Korea
Time: 2:30 P.M. 1:30 P.M. 
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 4, 2003
Iraq Stabilization and Reconstruction:
International Contributions and Resources

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 3, 2003
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

May

Thursday, May 22, 2003
Iraq Stabilization and Reconstruction: U.S. Policy & Plans
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, May 20, 2003
The Future of U.S. Economic Relations
in The Western Hemisphere

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Postponed

Nominations
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, May 20, 2003
North Korea & Indonesia
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Place: S-407, The Capitol

Monday, May 19, 2003
Fighting Aids in Uganda: What Went Right?
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Monday, May 19, 2003
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Friday, May 16, 2003 Cancelled
The Department of State's Office of Children's Issues --
Responding to International Parental Abduction

Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, May 15, 2003 Cancelled
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
This Agenda Will Be Considered at the May 21
Business Meeting

Wednesday, May 14, 2003 May 21, 2003
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, May 7, 2003 Postponed
U.S. Energy Security: Latin America and West Africa
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, May 6, 2003 Thursday, May 1, 2003
Nomination
Time: 2:30 P.M. 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

April

Wednesday, April 30, 2003
U.S. Energy Security: Russia and the Caspian
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M. 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, April 29, 2003
An Enlarged NATO:
Mending Fences & Moving Forward on Iraq

Time: 10:00 A.M. 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, April 10, 2003
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Immediately Following 1st Roll Call Vote
of Today's Session

Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
           116 The Capitol

Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Nominations
Time: 4:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Nominations
Time: 3:30 P.M. 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Hearing: Trafficking in Women and Children in
East Asia and Beyond: A Review of US Policy

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, April 8, 2003
Overview of Global Energy Security Issues
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, April 8, 2003
NATO Enlargement (#4)
Time: 9:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, April 3, 2003
NATO Enlargement: Qualifications & Contributions (Part 2)
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, April 3, 2003
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Foreign Assistance Oversight (#2)
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, April 1, 2003
Business Meeting
Time: 9:45 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, April 1, 2003
NATO Enlargement
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

March

Thursday, March 27, 2003
NATO Enlargement: Qualifications & Contributions
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Overview of Global Energy Security Issues POSTPONED
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Foreign Assistance Oversight
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
116 The Capitol

Tuesday, March 25, 2003
NATO Enlargement POSTPONED
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, March 20, 2003
Safer Embassies in Unsafe Places
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
116 The Capitol

Thursday, March 20, 2003
Business Meeting CANCELLED
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Effects and Consequences of an Emerging China
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, March 19, 2003
Nonproliferation Programs of the Department of State
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Current Hostage Situation in Colombia
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Diplomacy and the War on Terrorism
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, March 13, 2003
Iraq's Political Future
Time: 2:00 P.M. - Closed Members Briefing
Time: 3:30 P.M. - Open Hearing
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Regional Implications of the
Changing Nuclear Equation on the Korean Peninsula

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 219 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 12, 2003
Business Meeting
Time: 11:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 11, 2003
Iraq: Reconstruction
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, March 6, 2002
An Agreed Framework for Dialogue with North Korea
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Tax Convention with the United Kingdom
(Treaty Doc. 107-19) and
Protocols Amending Tax Conventions with Australia
(Treaty Doc. 107-20) and Mexico (Treaty Doc. 108-3)

Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 5, 2003
The Turkish Aid Negotiations
and Developments in Northern Iraq

Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place: 219 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 4, 2003
Millennium Challenge Account: A New Way to Aid
Time: 9:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

February

Thursday, February 27, 2003
American Public Diplomacy and Islam
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Post Conflict Afghanistan
A Perspective on Revitalization and Reconstruction

Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, February 25, 2003
The State of the World Report on Hunger
From Africa to North Korea

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, February 12, 2003
The Reconstruction of Afghanistan: An Update
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, February 11, 2003
The Future of Iraq
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, February 6, 2003
Foreign Affairs Budget
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
325 Russell Senate Office Building

Wednesday, February 5, 2003
Business Meeting
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, February 4, 2003
WMD Developments on the Korean Peninsula
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

January

Thursday, January 30, 2003
The January 27 UNMOVIC and IAEA Reports
to the UN Security Council on Inspections in Iraq

Time: 9:30 A.M. 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, January 28, 2003
Business Meeting
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: S-116, The Capitol