Committee Hearings
109th Congress
First Session - 2005


December

Tuesday, December 6, 2005
The U.S. and the Pacific Rim:
Future Avenues for Economic Cooperation

Time: 1:00 PM
Place: Loussac Library
3600 Denali Street
Anchorage, Alaska

November

Thursday, November 17, 2005
African Organizations and Institutions:
Cross-Continental Progress

Time: 2:30 PM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, November 16, 2005
High Costs of Crude:
The New Currency of Foreign Policy

Time: 9:30 AM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Treaties
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Monday, November 14, 2005
U.S.-International Climate Change Approach:
A Clean Technology Solution

Time: 3:00 PM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Nominations
Time: 2:30 PM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Avian Influenza - Are We Prepared?
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Nomination
Time: 2:30 PM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, November 8, 2005
Kosovo: A Way Forward?
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, November 2, 2005
U.S.-Indian Nuclear Energy Cooperation:
Security And Nonproliferation Implications

Time: 3:00 PM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Postponed
Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Avian Influenza - Are We Prepared?
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, November 1, 2005
Business Meeting
Time: 2:15 PM or Immediately following Policy Lunches
Place: S-116 The Capitol

October

Postponed
Thursday, October 27, 2005

African Organizations and Institutions:
Cross-Continental Progress

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

Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Nomination
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Business Meeting
Time: 2:15 P.M. or Immediately following Policy Lunches
Immediately Following the 2:15 P.M. Floor Vote
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 20, 2005
U.S. Foreign Policy, Petroleum,
and the Middle East

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

Thursday, October 20, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Nomination
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Iraq in U.S. Foreign Policy
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Prospects for United Nations Reform
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 6, 2005
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 415 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, October 6, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M.
Place: 415 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Business Meeting
Time: 2:15 P.M. or Immediately following Policy Lunches
Place: S-116 The Capitol

September

Friday, September 30, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

CANCELLED
Thursday, September 29, 2005

The Evolving NATO Role
in Afghanistan

Time: 3:30 P.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Thursday, September 29, 2005
A Review of U.S. - Japan Relations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, September 29, 2005
Treaties
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Darfur Revisited:
The International Response

Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
325 Russell Senate Office Building

Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Energy Supplies in Eurasia and
Implications for U.S. Energy Security

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

Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Nomination
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, September 22, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Challenge or Opportunity
China's Role in Latin America

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

Monday, September 19, 2005
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, September 15, 2005
U.S. - Indonesia Relations
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, September 8, 2005
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M. 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

July

Wednesday, July 27, 2005
United Nations Peacekeeping Reform
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Business Meeting
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Energy Trends in China and India:
Implications for the U.S.

Time: 10:00 A.M. 9:45 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Friday, July 22, 2005
Nominations
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 21, 2005
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 21, 2005
United Nations Reform
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Accelerating Economic Progress in Iraq
Time: 10:15 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Advancing Iraqi Political Development
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Monday, July 18, 2005
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Monday, July 18, 2005
Improving Security in Iraq
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, July 14, 2005
Nomination
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, July 12, 2005
North American Cooperation on the Border
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

June

Thursday, June 30, 2005
Challenges of the Middle East Road Map
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Postponed
Wednesday, June 29, 2005

U.S. Economic Development Strategy
and the South Caucasus

Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, June 23, 2005
Hope For The Future:
Developing An HIV/Aids Vaccine

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

Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Business Meeting
Time: Immediately Following 1st Vote of the Day
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 21, 2005
U.S. Policy Toward Russia
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, June 16, 2005
Stabilization and Reconstruction:
Building Peace in a Hostile Environment

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

Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Business Meeting
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Immediately following 1st Vote of the Day
Immediately following the 10:00 A.M. vote
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 14, 2005
North Korea:
An Update on Six-Party Talks and
Matters Related to the Resolution of the
North Korean Nuclear Crisis

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

Thursday, June 9, 2005
Safety and Convenience in
Cross-Border Travel:
An Analysis of the
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative

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

Thursday, June 9, 2005
Nominations
Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 7, 2005
The Emergence of China
Throughout Asia:
Security and Economic Consequences
for the U.S.

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

Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Nomination
Time: 9:30 A.M. 10:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

May

Thursday, May 26, 2005
Nominations
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
216 Hart Senate Office Building

Thursday, May 26, 2005
Nominations
Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

POSTPONED
Thursday, May 19, 2005
A Review of the Climate Change
Technology Deployment in Developing
Countries Act of 2005 (S. 883)

Time: 1:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, May 19, 2005
Iran: Weapons Proliferation,
Terrorism and Democracy

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

Thursday, May 19, 2005
Iran: Weapons Proliferation,
Terrorism and Democracy

Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Tuesday, May 17, 2005
The Commission for Africa:
Recommendations for a Coherent
Strategy for Africa

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

Thursday, May 12, 2005
Business Meeting
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, May 11, 2005
U.S. - E.U. Regulatory Cooperation on
Emerging Technologies

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

April

Cancelled
Thursday, April 28, 2005

U.S. Assistance to Sudan
and the Darfur Crisis

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

Tuesday, April 26, 2005
The Millennium Challenge
Corporation's Global Impact

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

Thursday, April 21, 2005
A Review of the Anti-Corruption
Strategies of the African Development
Bank, Asian Development Bank
and European Bank on Reconstruction
and Development

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

Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Business Meeting
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Combating Terrorism Through Education:
The Near East & South Asian Experience

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

Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Nomination Of John R. Bolton
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Cancelled
Tuesday, April 12, 2005

U.S. Agricultural Sales To Cuba
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Monday, April 11, 2005
Nomination
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Postponed
Thursday, April 7, 2005

Nomination
Time: 9:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
Break
2:00 P.M. - 5:30 P.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Postponed
Wednesday, April 6, 2005

North American Border Security
Time: 9:30 A.M. 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

March

Monday, March 21, 2005
U.S.-Latin American Relations:
A View From The Land Of 10,000 Lakes

Time: 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. CST
Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Institute
of Public Affairs
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Cowles Auditorium
301 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

Wednesday, March 16, 2005
The Lifting of the
EU Arms Embargo on China

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

Cancelled
Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Nomination
Time: 3:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Business Meeting
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 The Capitol

Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Immediately Following The 9:30 A.M. Hearing
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 15, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Friday, March 11, 2005
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, March 8, 2005
The Future Of Democracy
In The Black Sea Area

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

Thursday, March 3, 2005
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Foreign Assistance Oversight
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

February

Thursday, February 17, 2005
Democracy In Retreat In Russia
Time: 9:00 A.M. 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, February 16, 2005
The President's Budget for Foreign Affairs
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Deputy Secretary Of State Nomination
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, February 10, 2005
Tsunami Response:
Lessons Learned

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

Wednesday, February 9, 2005
An Update on Six-Party Talks
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Place: S-407 The Capitol

Postponed
Tuesday, February 8, 2005

Stabilization and Reconstruction:
Building Peace in a Hostile Environment

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

CANCELLED
Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Business Meeting
Time: 2:30 P.M. 2:15 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
S-116 The Capitol

Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Strategies for Reshaping U.S. Policy
in Iraq and the Middle East

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

January

Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Business Meeting
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Secretary of State Nomination - Part II
Time: 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
- Break -
2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Secretary of State Nomination - Part I
Time: 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
- Break -
2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Hearings of the 108th Congress
Second Session
2004

Hearings of the 108th Congress
First Session
2003