Here is a quick list of the U.S. congressional hearings this week following President Barack Obama's speech on his Afghanistan policy. The witnesses are usually the U.S. secretaries of state and defense, as well as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Here's my Capitol reporter's obvious-tip-of-the-week: focus on the first hearing - here, the SASC - as that is where the testimony is new and the reaction most visceral following any news event.Wednesday, December 2, 2009
9 a.m.
Senate Armed Services Committee
SD-106, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State
Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense
USN Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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1:30 p.m.
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Room 2172 Rayburn House Office Building
Witnesses:
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense
USN Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thursday, December 3, 2009
1:00pm
House Armed Services Committee
210 HVC – Open
Witnesses:
Robert Gates, Secretary of Defense USN Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
