Hearing Schedule -- U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Committee Hearings
111th Congress
First Session - 2009

November

Thursday, November 19, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 3:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

POSTPONED
Thursday, November 19, 2009
THREATS TO FREE
AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA
AROUND THE WORLD
Time: 10:45 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 10:15 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
THE U.S. AND THE G-20:
REMAKING THE INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC ARCHITECTURE
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
EXAMINING
U.S. COUNTERTERRORISM
PRIORITIES AND STRATEGY
ACROSS AFRICA’S SAHEL REGION
Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
POSTPONED
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
TREATIES
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, November 5, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

October

Thursday, October 22, 2009
NATO:
A STRATEGIC CONCEPT
FOR TRANSATLANTIC
SECURITY
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, October 15, 2009
U.S. INTERNATIONAL
BROADCASTING
INTO THE WAR ZONES:
IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, October 15, 2009
DROUGHT, FLOODING
AND REFUGEES:
ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF
CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE
WORLD’S MOST VULNERABLE
NATIONS
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, October 8, 2009
NOMINATION
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

CONFRONTING AL-QAEDA:
UNDERSTANDING THE
THREAT IN AFGHANISTAN
AND BEYOND
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

THE PROPOSED U.S.-UAE AGREEMENT
ON CIVILIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Tuesday, October 6, 2009
HAGUE CONVENTION
ON THE INTERNATIONAL
RECOVERY OF CHILD SUPPORT
AND OTHER FORMS OF FAMILY
MAINTENANCE (TREATY DOC. 110-21)
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, October 1, 2009
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN:
GLOBAL COSTS AND CONSEQUENCES
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, October 1, 2009
AFGHANISTAN’S IMPACT ON PAKISTAN
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

September

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
U.S. POLICY TOWARD BURMA:
ITS IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
EXPLORING U.S. POLICY OPTIONS
TOWARD ZIMBABWE’S TRANSITION
Time: 10:15 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, September 17, 2009
COUNTERING THE THREAT
OF FAILURE IN AFGHANISTAN
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, September 17, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: As soon as a quorum is present
   at the 9:30 a.m. hearing on
   “Countering the Threat of Failure in Afghanistan”
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
EXPLORING THREE
STRATEGIES FOR AFGHANISTAN
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, September 10, 2009
IRAQ: REPORT FROM THE FIELD
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

August

CANCELLED
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
GEORGIA:
ONE YEAR AFTER
THE AUGUST WAR
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building

July

Thursday, July 30, 2009
TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE
STRATEGY FOR SUDAN
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
RESPONDING TO
PAKISTAN’S IDP CRISIS
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: Immediately following the 2:15 p.m. business meeting
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, July 23, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
THE CASE FOR REFORM:
FOREIGN AID AND
DEVELOPMENT IN A NEW ERA
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
CLIMATE CHANGE AND
GLOBAL SECURITY:
CHALLENGES, THREATS AND
DIPLOMATIC OPPORTUNITIES
Time: Immediately following the 2:15 business meeting.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 10:15 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, July 16, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, July 16, 2009
$150 OIL:
INSTABILITY, TERRORISM
AND ECONOMIC DISRUPTION
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
MARITIME DISPUTES
AND SOVEREIGNTY ISSUES
IN EAST ASIA
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
POSTPONED
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS
UNDER CLIMATE POLICIES:
LESSONS FROM EUROPE
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: Immediately following the first roll call vote
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
POSTPONED
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

June

Thursday, June 25, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 11:00 a.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

ROUNDTABLE
IRAN AT A CROSSROADS?
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
CONFRONTING DRUG
TRAFFICKING IN
WEST AFRICA
Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, June 18, 2009
CLOSED / SECRET
TREATY NEGOTIATIONS
WITH RUSSIA
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: SVC-217 Capitol Building
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: Immediately following the
             2:15 p.m. business meeting.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Thursday, June 11, 2009
NORTH KOREA
BACK AT THE BRINK?
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 9:45 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, June 4, 2009
CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S.-CHINA
COOPERATION ON
CLIMATE CHANGE
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
BRIEFING
CLOSED / TOP SECRET / CODEWORD
SECURITY OF PAKISTAN’S
NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Time: 11:00 A.M.
Place: SVC-217 Capitol Office Building

May

Thursday, May 21, 2009
A NEW STRATEGY FOR
AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES
IN THE PRESIDENT’S FY10
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET
Time: 1:30 P.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time:As soon as a quorum is present during the 1:30 hearing
Place: SH-216 Hart Senate Office Building
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
DEVELOPMENTS ON
THE GROUND IN
PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTA
Time: 11:00 A.M.
CLOSED / TOP SECRET / CODEWORD
Place: SVC-217 Capitol Building
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
DEVELOPING A
COORDINATED AND
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY
FOR SOMALIA
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
PATHWAYS TO
A “GREEN” GLOBAL
ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Time: 2:00 P.M..
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: Immediately following the 9:00 a.m.
working coffee which will conclude at 10:00 a.m.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
POSTPONED
CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
U.S.-CHINA COOPERATION
ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Time: 10:15 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, May 14, 2009
THE MIDDLE EAST:
THE ROAD TO PEACE
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, May 14, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 9:45 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
CONFRONTING RAPE
AND OTHER FORMS OF
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
IN CONFLICT ZONES
SPOTLIGHT: DRC AND SUDAN
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 9:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
ENERGY SECURITY:
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
AND MODERN CHALLENGES
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
U.S. STRATEGY
TOWARD PAKISTAN
Time: 10:15 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time:At the start of the hearing on
U.S. Strategy toward Pakistan,
scheduled for 10:15 am
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
NATO POST-60:
INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES
MOVING FORWARD
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
ENGAGING IRAN:
OBSTACLES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
THE GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS
OF A WARMING ARCTIC
Time: Immediately following the business meeting
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
BUSINESS MEETING
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
POSTPONED
U.S. STRATEGY
TOWARD PAKISTAN
Time: 10:15 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

April

Thursday, April 30, 2009
CONFRONTING PIRACY
OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, April 30, 2009
POSTPONED
U.S. STRATEGY
TOWARD PAKISTAN
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
WAR POWERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, April 23, 2009
VOICE OF VETERANS
OF THE AFGHAN WAR
Time: 10:15 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
NOMINATIONS
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Global Climate Change:
U.S. Leadership for a New Global Agreement
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Strengthening U.S.
Diplomatic Capacity in Africa
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
POSTPONED
ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP
WITH PAKISTAN
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
USAID IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
CANCELLED
BUSINESS MEETING
Time:Immediately prior to the
9:30 a.m. Subcommittee Hearing
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

March

Tuesday, March 31, 2009
THE RETURN
AND RESETTLEMENT
OF DISPLACED IRAQIS
Time: 2:45 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Business Meeting
Time: 2:15 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Monday, March 30, 2009
U.S. - MEXICAN
BORDER VIOLENCE
Time: 8:00 A.M.
Place: TOMAS RIVERA CONFERENCE CENTER
UNION BUILDING EAST, 3RD FLOOR
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO
500 W. UNIVERSITY AVENUE
EL PASO, TEXAS
Thursday, March 26, 2009
NOMINATION
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, March 26, 2009
NOMINATION
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
FOREIGN POLICY AND
THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
NOMINATION
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
NOMINATION
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
ALLEVIATING GLOBAL HUNGER:
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, March 19, 2009
PROSPECTS FOR
ENGAGEMENT WITH RUSSIA
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
POSTPONED
A MORE EFFECTIVE
STRATEGY FOR
GLOBAL COUNTERTERRORISM
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Monday, March 16, 2009
**CLOSED/TOP SECRET/CODEWORD**
GLOBAL COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: SVC-217 Capitol Building
Thursday, March 5, 2009
U.S. STRATEGY REGARDING IRAN
Time: 10:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
IRANIAN POLITICAL AND
NUCLEAR REALITIES AND
U.S. POLICY OPTIONS
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

February

Thursday, February 26, 2009
ENGAGING WITH MUSLIM
COMMUNITIES
AROUND THE WORLD
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
IN SRI LANKA
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, February 12, 2009
U.S. RELATIONS WITH SUDAN
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, February 11, 2009
FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS
OF THE
GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
**CLOSED/TOP SECRET/CODEWORD**
NORTH KOREA STATUS REPORT
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: SVC-217 Capitol Building
Thursday, February 5, 2009
**CLOSED/TOP SECRET/CODEWORD**
IRAN STATUS REPORT:
NUCLEAR AND POLITICAL
Time: 4:30 P.M.
Place: SVC-217 Capitol Building
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Business Meeting
Time: IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
THE FIRST ROLL CALL VOTE
Place: S-116 Capitol Building

January

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
ADDRESSING GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE:
THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
POSTPONED
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Nominations
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Thursday, January 22, 2009
Cancelled
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Business Meeting
Time: 2:30 P.M.
Place: S-116 Capitol Building
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Nominations
Time: Immediately following Business Meeting
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Business Meeting
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Nominations
Time: 9:30 A.M.
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building
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